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Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Succeeding in a digital world' digital badge]...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge -...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...social media to share their work. This collection of interviews now represents an important historical collection in its own right, as well as a powerful resource for anyone wanting to make or think about environmental media. Watch the interviews The team [Image of Zdenek Zdrahal, Kim Hammond, Joe Smith and George Revill. ] Zdenek Zdrahal, Kim Hammond, Joe Smith and...
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Article 5 mins
Does Brexit mean another Scottish Independence vote?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Brexit mean another Scottish Independence vote?

...social union should be to withdraw from another major political, economic and social union. This is particularly true now that Brexit has opened up the possibility of more devolution, which had previously been more or less closed off. A feasible alternative to independence is to push for more autonomy in the areas that are devolved and currently “Europeanised” –...
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Article 5 mins
What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?
History & The Arts

What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?

...Social distancing Hand washing “They could do quite a lot... They (the nurses) did not make a run for it. So they were putting effort in I think to try and contain it. They used masks, they tried to do a bit of social distancing, you know, move yourself away, but if you’re nursing someone how can you do that. They had to get pretty close. And they used hygiene. Wash...
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Article 10 mins
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse

...social cohesion. However, that initiative has largely been either derided or forgotten. The “Northern Powerhouse” concept has similarly not fully captured the public’s imagination yet. For many this signals that the strategy could be destined to fail even before it has been fully outlined or launched. The BBC explores this possibility in their article “Northern...
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Article 5 mins
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

...social dialogue in garment factories - developing and training unions, Workers’ Participation Committees and management to have better communications, empowering workers to raise and resolve grievances. In South India, we are working to address a number of workers’ rights issues in the spinning mills and garment factories. Our objective is to contribute to the...
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Article 5 mins
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...social life. Building from an awareness of just how much of everyday life involves the state, the course questions whether states have this authority to govern. It also asks about situations in which states may not be able to command such authority where their governing role is not accepted as legitimate...This free course, Political ordering, asks questions about what...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...social, economic, cultural and political life of the nation. As a principle of justice however, equity can be traced back millennia and found, for example, in many different forms of religious and political thought the world over. As law, Equity is important; as an idea, it is timeless...This free course, Equity – law and idea, gives you the opportunity to broaden your...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs