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EDI calendar 2025 - 26
Education & Development

EDI calendar 2025 - 26

This EDI Calendar is a resource to highlight key events, observances, and initiatives related to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. ...If you find that a key date is missing, please complete this form. If you are OU staff, you can find out further information about EDI by visiting our Sharepoint page
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World Social Work Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Social Work Day

...resources including interactives and free courses...[world social work day poster] 15th March is World Social Work Day, a day that gives those in the profession (and students) an opportunity to express international solidarity and send consistent messages to governments, regional bodies and the community. In 2016 the theme is ‘Promoting the Dignity and Worth of...
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Capacities for managing development
Money & Business

Capacities for managing development

...resources. Planning for the forest's future How the communities within Himachel Pradesh have decided to manage their natural resources. The issues and conflicts that arose, and how they were dealt with. The benefits of co-operation Looking at how different communities are working together to benefit each other, in the present and in the future. Abriachan Forest Trust The...
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Why has English taken over academia?
Languages

Why has English taken over academia?

...humanities slightly lower. Today, the proportion of academic articles in the Nordic countries which are published in English is between 70% and 95%, and for doctoral dissertations it’s 80% to 90%. Pros and cons of using English One frequently cited advantage of publishing in English is that academics can reach a wider audience and also engage in work produced outside of...
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Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...Humanities Press. Barofsky, R. (2020) ‘Rethinking Ethnography: A Study in Public Anthropology’, Anthropology Today, 36(5): pp. 1-2. Harvey, G. (2020) ‘Trans-Indigenous Festivals: Democracy and Emplacement’ in Pike, S.M., Salomonsen, J. and Tremlett, P.-F. (eds) Ritual and Democracy: Protests, Publics and Performances, Sheffield: Equinox. Nye, M. (2020) ‘A...
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The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...human rights violations in the country, such as those committed in 1996 in the Abu Salim prison. The response of Gaddafi to this protest with armed violence against civilian protesters ignited a civil war between the government forces in support of Gaddafi and the opposition armed forces formed by the rebels. On 17 March 2011, the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Saint David's Day collection | Casgliad Dydd Gŵyl Dewi
Languages

Saint David's Day collection | Casgliad Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

As we celebrate St David's Day, the patron saint of Wales, you can learn more about Welsh language, culture and society with these free online learning resources...[Jesus Chapel St David] FREE ONLINE COURSES FREE ARTICLES AND ACTIVITIES Explore more from OpenLearn Study with The Open University
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About Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

About Stories of Change

...Humanities Research Council. The project is seeking to support a more dynamic and diverse public debate about transitions in energy systems in the context of the cross-party commitments to decarbonise the UK economy. The team will work with the interviews to write papers and design teaching materials. They will also be presented in ways that connect them all on the...
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