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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...Working Futures report into the future of the country’s labour market predicts hundreds of thousands of vacancies in skilled technical, professional and managerial roles by the early 2020s. One obvious solution is to increase the number of women in the construction industry. [Construction workers] Construction engineers at Dartford Crossing, England The worst gender...
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Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...work within the wider LGBTQ+ 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...
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Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education
Education & Development

Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education

...work well are key to building peaceful school communities. ...Find out about The Open University's Open degree. What is Peace Education? In Peace at the Heart, a recent report on education in British schools commissioned by Quakers in Britain, David Gee and co-authors explain that: Peace Education is a critical approach to personal and social development rooted in a...
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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...works: the teaching practices, support approaches and assessment adjustments that help students to feel confident, included and able to succeed. The guidance below draws on post-COVID research into the Black awarding gap, as well as OU Scholarship Exchange work involving minority ethnic students more broadly. Terminology reflects each study’s focus (e.g. ‘Black...
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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...work through, the content can also be used to dip in and out of, if you feel you need to improve your skills in a particular area...This free course, Developing good academic practice, is intended to help you develop good academic practices in your studies and when producing assignments and completing assessments. Although designed as a course to work through, the content...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...working-class families from around Britain looking back on the first half of the twentieth century suggests that the impact of the stove on room function occurred later in these households. The autobiographers revealed that it was not just the poorest families who lacked a gas stove at the turn of the century. Even better-off working class families described making this...
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Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...working with Metropolitan Police: Modernisation Programme (2006- 2008), National School of Government (2006-2012), Leadership centre for Local Government (2008-2009), and again Cabinet Office (2009-2010). Jake now leads a humble life as small holder on the edge of Exmoor. Jake has also been a very successful business entrepreneur using his energy research skills. Jake...
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The hidden world of everyday coding
Digital & Computing

The hidden world of everyday coding

...work? These black-and-white lines are actually a tiny piece of code that, when scanned, the product pulls the system information, for example the price, and it updates the stock level. It’s like a secret language between the basket and the computer. So next time you are at the supermarket checkout, remember that coding is right there in your basket. Next time you step...
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