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The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...working in partnership with the EFL Trust, the educational arm of the English Football League. If you are fascinated by men's and women's football and interested in discovering more about business and management then this engaging and stimulating free course is for you. In the following video Eleanor Oldroyd from BBC Radio 5 Live explains a little more about the topics...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
David Bowie faces the last taboo
History & The Arts

David Bowie faces the last taboo

...work showed him taking on the taboo of death with the vigour he'd used to break barriers of gender and identity, says Elizabeth Tilley...Listening last night to Blackstar – David Bowie’s final album, released just three days before his death - I was struck by its beauty, but also its pace and freneticism. These tracks, like all those that preceded them, had something...
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Article 5 mins
Music in Code
History & The Arts

Music in Code

...works, producing specific musical effects such as vibrato and trills. Musical Box The manufacture and repertoire of a 19th century cylinder musical box. Pin Disk Musical Box Experts compare disc versus cylinder design. The Paper Roll: Reiterating Piano The piano melodica. How book music is made, how the mechanism works and how to add expression to the music. The Paper...
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Audio 29 mins
Understanding Social Change
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Social Change

...work, the balance of state and individual. Welfare - who's responsible? Controversy surrounding responsibility for welfare and the sections of society who contribute. Work - who does what? Shift in kinds of people working and work they do. Does ‘flexible’ employment mean more insecure employment? Consequences of opening up the market to global competition. Promoting...
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Audio 1 hr 15 mins
Clickety Clack: a railway poem
Society, Politics & Law

Clickety Clack: a railway poem

...The rhythm of the railway track Painting, cleaning, tickets please! Women doing men’s work with ease Working hard until the men return Lower wages she would earn. Clickety Clack Clickety Clack The rhythm of the railway track A trade union they could join that day With hopes for equal rights and pay Women’s names recorded in red pen Erased when men returned again. [Two ladies moving cargo at the rail ......
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Article 5 mins
Creative Writing
History & The Arts

Creative Writing

...work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage. Alan Ayckbourn and Staging Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the theatre, Alan Ayckbourn offers an insight into the varius methods of staging, drawing a link between his own work and theatre in the round. Adaptation and...
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Audio 2 hrs 28 mins
Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...work. Set up six years ago, Buurtzorg now employs over 7,000 frontline staff, representing 60% of Dutch community nurses – with just 30 managers on its books. Staff costs per hour are higher but patients need 30% to 40% less contact time every month, the company claims, because care is directly responsive, changing on a day-to-day basis depending on what the patient...
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Article 5 mins
Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent
Education & Development

Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent

...work, we get feedback in all aspects of our lives. Think about the friend that comments on your new haircut, or the praise we might get from completing a task. All of this is feedback. However feedback often feels more formal in your studies or at work. Study I work with many neurodivergent students and have carried out research with colleagues to better understand their...
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Article 5 mins