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Oxfam: Challenges for a complex charity
Money & Business

Oxfam: Challenges for a complex charity

...world? It is perhaps no wonder that a past Chair of Oxfam was once overheard saying running a larger public company where he had also been Chair was a ‘doddle’ compared to chairing Oxfam. So what are some of the challenges of running a large charity like Oxfam? An important difference between a charity and a business is that whereas a business raises most of its money...
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Article 10 mins
The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after
Languages

The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after

...world. But he recognised that there were internal stresses and strains as working class hegemony was derailed by the Stalinist model of socialism. Even though the systemic flaws and distortions had been serious, Walter grimly predicted huge losses in East Germany’s progressive social programmes now the Wall was down. As we walked around what was East Berlin Walter, then...
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The age of offence
Society, Politics & Law

The age of offence

...world more just and correct than yours? Are your beliefs a threat to my way of life? In a world in which society and culture are always evolving, these norms become the focus for debates – or, more often, all-out arguments – about the sort of society we want to live in. The dynamics which lie behind offence culture, then, are an unavoidable part of social life. In a...
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Video 30 mins
Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof

...I am looking for: Someone with whom I could dream of a better, more egalitarian world. Someone, who, like me, would “imagine all the people, living life in peace”. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one! I really hope someday, you’ll join me and the world will live as one! Does Ludwik speak your language? Cast your vote! Illustrator: Neil Arnold...
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Article 5 mins
Buddhist Economics
Society, Politics & Law

Buddhist Economics

...world of economics, does a person’s well-being really matter? What is more important, social objectives or profit maximisation – or are they even compatible? During a trip to Burma in 1955, Ernest Schumacher pioneered the concept of Buddhist Economics, a set of principles based on the belief that the function of business is to supply goods and services for need and...
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Think like a scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Think like a scientist

...world around you and find out how it works. These materials form part of the Open University free courses Basic Science: Understanding Experiments and Basic Science: Understanding Numbers available from OpenLearn. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses... How to present your results A graph is a great way of telling a story with numbers but the same data can be...
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Audio 49 mins
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...world wars actively shaped the work these writers were producing, but the social and political upheavals of Irish politics at home—from the Easter Rising to the Troubles—contributed to a truly distinctive form of Gothic writing produced in Ireland. You will be looking specifically at two examples of this writing: the short story ‘The Demon Lover’ (1945) by...
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Article 45 mins
What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...world. Quarles, for his part, is clearly qualified for a job at the pinnacle of financial regulation. He has held numerous positions in the U.S. Treasury Department, including undersecretary for domestic finance under George W. Bush, and was the U.S. executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He has also worked on Wall Street for The Carlyle Group and...
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