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Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...De Smet et al., 2021) states reinvention is needed, and proposes the following nine imperatives that future-ready companies will exhibit. [Described image] (De Smet et al., 2021) Figure 7 Nine organisational imperatives for future-ready companies The trends and imperatives may be areas you already consider, however, delivering such a strategy requires embarking on a...
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...de España...The many guises of the emperor Augustus: 3.5 Roman military dress - At the opposite end of the scale to the toga, which signalled civilian life, was military dress. Activity 4 Timing: Allow around 5 minutes for this activity How might you know someone is a member of the military today? Discussion A uniform would be a clear sign of a military person today, of...
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...de-souche (white-Catholic-French) and those of color, primarily “new” immigrants from North and sub-Saharan Africa’ (Orlando, 2003, p. 395), many of whom are Muslim, impoverished and live in banlieue neighbourhoods. Large-scale development of the banlieue began in the 1960s, resettling both working-class populations moving from inner-city areas and migrants arriving...
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...for reflecting on patriotic sacrifice. The role of Christian belief and worship is de-emphasised in comparison to St Paul’s own presentation of its purpose. The testimony of the veterans and their families emphasises the importance of these public acknowledgements of loss and sacrifice for the nation. Activity 6 Read the article ‘Occupy Protesters Chain Themselves to St Paul’s Pulpit’ which featured on the Guardian ......
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...de-construct and reconstruct institutions, social norms and cultural knowledge; they seek to transform individuals and organisations; and they wish to encourage activism and moral courage, recognising the challenges and tensions in the lives we live...Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change: 2.2 How different is difference? - Another central challenge is that all these...
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...de facto evidence of incapacity in and of itself, for anyone, not just for a person with a learning disability...Week 6: Learning disabilities: 3.2 Extreme measures - In a democratic society, for the state to forcibly and permanently take away a person’s capacity to reproduce is by any measure an extreme act, and potentially an intrusion on their freedom and human...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...de Guerre [French Iron Cross]. In addition, 171 men of the regiment were also presented with an individual Croix de Guerre for their valor. Several soldiers were also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The 369th was not the only black World War I regiment, nor the only one to fight valiantly, but it is perhaps the most famous. (Burger, 2017) Among the 171 members of...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Perryman, L.A., Pitt, R. and Weller, M. (2014) ‘OER Evidence Report 2013–2014’, OER Research Hub [online], http://oro.open.ac.uk/ 41866/ (accessed 1 July 2019). Downes, S. (2001) ‘Learning objects: resources for distance education worldwide’, IRRODL, vol. 2, no. 1 [online], http://www.irrodl.org/ index.php/ irrodl/ article/ view/...
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs