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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...resources on OpenLearn. Within this, you’ll be able to find something that meets your interests and works for your busy life. This short article contains some useful introductory information to help get you started. What is OpenLearn? The video below tells you a little bit more about what OpenLearn has to offer you. Transcript What will OpenLearn do for me? Courses can...
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...human rights practices within the supply chain. Faced with these challenges most companies have now developed and implement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies and ethical trading sit within the social accountability frame work which is one of the 3 pillars which support the CSR process i.e. economic, environmental and social accountability. So what does...
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The impact of Jacob Zuma on the ANC and South Africa
Society, Politics & Law

The impact of Jacob Zuma on the ANC and South Africa

...resources tenderpreneurs. Then in 2007, buoyed by populist appeal for a change of the guard, Zuma rose to power as president of the ANC. The following year the ANC’s National Executive Committee forced Mbeki to resign. Mbeki had lost the support of the committee over a range of issues including economic policy, his style of leadership, and a focus on continental and...
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How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Society, Politics & Law

How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health

...human flourishing continues to grow as a result. Partly this reflects the increasing availability of data measuring subjective markers of happiness. But it also shows a dissatisfaction with modern economic ways of thinking, where morality and ethics take a back seat and bureaucratic cost-benefit analysis is the norm. Transcript Happiness is complicated The World Happiness...
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...resources from pursuing truly dangerous suspects, in order to watch everyone, is a really bad idea. If it takes a conservative 20 intelligence and security staff to monitor a suspect 24/7, the state would need to figure out how to muster the 1.2 billion staff and associated resources to keep tabs on the UK’s 60m-plus people. And if it can’t monitor all of us 24/7, the...
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10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...resources on OpenLearn to help you on your way...After the festive excitement, it’s natural to feel a little glum in January. There’s Blue Monday, plus the weather is rubbish and we’re feeling the pinch from spending at Christmas. So we’ve put together some top tips and resources to help you feel more upbeat... 1: Keep active [two people running in the park]...
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Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others
Education & Development

Turning the pain of racial discrimination into protection for others

...Human Rights Commission (EHRC). As a family, they have been networking and collaborating to find different ways they can add their voices towards ending Afro hair discrimination in all UK schools. The problem of institutional racism in our education system feels overwhelming, but we can all work at solving ways it can manifest. There are extra resources imbedded...
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FGM prevalence and healthcare planning
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM prevalence and healthcare planning

...human migration, FGM spread widely across continents to Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. It is estimated that 600,000 women and girls are living with FGM in Europe, and a further 190,000 are at risk (United Nations, 2025). The UK context Prevalence rates in the United Kingdom (UK) vary greatly across geographical regions depending on a region’s...
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