2,050 search results
World in transition: Migration and Trade
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Migration and Trade

...communities, such as Greek Cypriots and Ethiopians in London, and Sierra Leonians in Liverpool, have a chance to reveal the issues they’ve faced; while we also hear from experts who are working to expand the contribution that African migrants abroad can make to Africa’s development. Finally, a Chinese “beer pioneer” and China trade experts discuss issues...
View audio World in transition: Migration and Trade
Audio 1 hr 47 mins
Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...community. ...In community social work one principle that, if used the right way, can be positive, is the idea of supporting individual and group resilience. This is not the same as locating problems with those experiencing or surviving trauma or challenges. As a worker I think - let us see what works for people, helping build their capacity to thrive and challenge...
View article Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Article 5 mins
Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...community. This helps practitioners to assess what appears to be universal to children, to understand individual differences, the relationship of behaviour to context, the influence of neighbourhood, cultural background, social and economic situations. A holistic approach to children’s needs balances genetic and environmental factors and considers the transaction...
View article Child spirituality
Article 5 mins
Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...communities (Max-Neef, Elizalde & Hopenhayn, 1989, p. 33). A home is always embedded in a particular ecosystem and bioregion, as are we, and, while often not obvious, we live in a relationship with these systems. Our actions can improve their function and continuation – as regenerative action – or degrade them further. Meeting the swelling unmet needs for food and...
View article Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Article 5 mins
Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...oral history’ as eyewitness evidence and Nation On Film provides excellent examples. Amateur film-makers quickly adopted the new technology, but this was mostly limited to the prosperous who could afford it for their home movies - like the predominantly middle-class London Film Society. But other voices did enter the scene such as trade unions in the 30s, with the...
View article Film and society
Article 10 mins
History How-to videos: Decoding medals
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Decoding medals

...War. And the bars on the medal? Well these relate to specific battles in Laings Nek and Belfast in South Africa. So he was a rifleman in the Boer War and he served with distinction during two campaigns. It was easy to find that out once we knew the regiment, and you can get that information even from a photograph, as long as it’s got a uniform or even a cap badge. Audio...
View video History How-to videos: Decoding medals
Video 5 mins
Contemporary Issues in Finance
Money & Business

Contemporary Issues in Finance

...La Rue and ABN Amro offer insights into the various issues surrounding risk – what kinds of risk their companies are concerned with; how those risks are managed; their companies' differing attitudes to those risks. The album also explores developments in single currency, pension scheme deficits and corporate governance and explains what’s meant Forward Rate Agreement...
View audio Contemporary Issues in Finance
Audio 1 hr 7 mins
A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015

...community. The development has, in turn, put further pressure on the Irish language, and English has now become the dominant means of communication over most of what is officially an Irish-speaking area. On the other hand, development, combined with the decreasing job opportunities both overseas and elsewhere in Ireland, stemmed the flow of emigration and the local...
View video A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015
Video 5 mins