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Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains
Society, Politics & Law

Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains

...working hours, discrimination and the exploitation of migrant workers. ETI and our members believe that in order to address labour and human rights issues, you must first understand the root cause (be it political, economic, cultural or a mixture of all three) and then to work together to tackle this and drive long-lasting change for workers. In Bangladesh, our programme...
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Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...working-class communities to fight for social improvement. Taking their cue from the Soviet Union – the pioneering workers’ state which had harnessed cinema to the cause of the revolution – these groups got hold of still and movie cameras and made films about events like hunger marches, free of the censorious comments of official newsreel coverage. Other campaigning...
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Article 10 mins
Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro

...social study of bisexuality...Surya Monro is a prolific bisexual activist, researcher and writer, and her new book, Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories, is a theoretical approach to the communities, identities, political and social organisations and relationships of bisexual-identified people, in particular those in the UK. Drawing on Monro’s previous...
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...work, study and other aspects of your life with our time management tips article... Time management and study 4: Get used to using online forums [Student at her desk with a laptop, phone and notebook] Perhaps you're doing most of your studying online or partaking in blended learning? Do you need to use online forums at all? Does posting your thoughts in an online learning...
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Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...work through this material, you will also gain a deeper understanding concerning how psychologists work with young children across a range of applied settings through activities and audio-visual materials...Childhood is a time of rapid growth and development, and studying these changes is endlessly stimulating. In this free course, Introduction to child psychology, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates
Science, Maths & Technology

How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates

...social relationships of organized crime in Chicago in the 1920s, Chris M. Smith and Andrew V. Papachristos were able to take advantage ofthe availability of thousands of notes and documents on Al Capone’s criminal network. By applying network analysis to the criminal relationships in Capone’s gangs they find that multiplexity – when two people have more than one...
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Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...work, personal lives and social policy’ in Mooney, G. (ed.) Work: Personal Lives and Social Policy, Bristol, The Policy Press in association with The Open University. Moss, S. (2001) ‘Mind your language: asylum semantics’ in Wollaston, S., Katz, I. and Williams, R. (eds) Welcome to Britain: A Special Investigation into Asylum and Immigration, The Guardian, June....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...work, social situations) but externalise in the safer and more familiar environment of the home. The role of masking or camouflaging Some autistic people develop strategies and behaviours to fit in socially or to appear ‘less autistic’, and this is known as ‘masking’ or ‘camouflaging’. For example, they might: make eye contact, even when this feels...
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