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What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...socially or environmentally friendly policies. [Businessman walking into opportunity doors] Shareholder activism covers a broad spectrum of activities, including public threats of selling the stake in the target company, private discussions with company boards, public “name-and-shame” press campaigns to influence the board, shareholder resolutions at extraordinary...
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Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...social media, music fandom becomes an intimate experience and private music activities in the home turn into social music activities in a public space. How do online fandoms differ from the music fandoms of the past? Music fandoms have their origins in the mid-19th century when a cult of celebrity grew around figures like Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and Swedish opera...
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Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...social support, sleep, diet and exercise and how these can protect our wellbeing. Finally, we will explore the treatment options that are available to us if we become unwell, learning more about the different types of therapy that are available. [Graphic of training shoes surrounded by sports equipment, an iPhone monitoring heartbeat and an apple on a green background. ]...
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What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...social sciences definitive answers are difficult to come by. What politics is and equally, who does it, and where it is done are hotly debated and highly contested. This OpenLearn course will introduce you to some of these debates, and their implications for the study and practice of politics...This free course, What is politics?, introduces you to the world of politics....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community
Science, Maths & Technology

Guide to engaging with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community

...social exclusion and hardship. With honesty and empathy, she calls for researchers and healthcare providers to approach genetics with cultural understanding and respect. By amplifying voices like Lisa’s, the GRACE Project aims to rebuild trust and ensure that science serves all communities – turning a story of exclusion into one of empowerment and inclusion. Visit our...
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Video 5 mins
Critical Reflection
Money & Business

Critical Reflection

...social, political and moral process, and that knowing this can be of enormous help in developing your own executive practice... Introduction to Critical Reflection What is Critical Reflection? What is management? Are managers dispassionate and rational, or are they shaped by complex dynamics? The value of generosity in management Is the idea of being generous compatible...
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Audio 7 mins
Marxism and Marketing
Money & Business

Marxism and Marketing

...social commentators have criticised the manner in which the drink has been marketed. In a Capitalist system, should we expect all market opportunities to be exploited regardless of moral implications? What conclusions can be drawn when we apply Neo-Marxist thinking to the marketing of white cider, and its impact on the consumers it targets? In this audio collection The...
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Audio 8 mins
The fascination with crime
Science, Maths & Technology

The fascination with crime

...Social attitudes towards crime This track looks at peoples attitudes towards crime and begins to explore definitions of crime, with contributions from the general public. The criminal justice system Is there a moral basis for our legal system? Criminologist Louise Westmarland attempts to answer this question. Criminal psychologist Oliver James looks at the link between...
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Audio 30 mins