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W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...business and building in the Ward, this account of a diverse community provides the statistical evidence to show how African Americans were systematically disadvantaged. The high levels of unemployment, imprisonment and drug addiction are linked and traced to the discrimination African American people face at every turn. Du Bois wrote this study two decades before the...
Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...businesses are run, how we travel and make a living, even how we see ourselves – it all depends on political decisions. And we are all democrats today. We have elections, parties compete, we vote, and the winners govern us. But how often do we ask: is democracy really a good thing? Is there another way? We take it for granted that democracy is a good thing and the best...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...business is teaching and learning. People, usually with special qualifications, provide learning which often leads to assessments – such as exams – and in turn leads to certificates, degrees or qualifications. Informal learning is more difficult to define because it covers so many aspects of our lives – like the example of being a parent mentioned earlier. Bringing...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...business, etc. Opportunism as it appears in this context engenders fraudulent behaviour that is considered criminal in nature, thus something that the state must root out and punish. But fraud or rather fraud-like behaviour transcends both criminality and even behaviour that is explicitly ‘illegal’. As such it is also a major concern for private law and equity more...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...business throughout his career. He is President of the UK Energy Institute. He is also a member of the UK Committee on Climate Change and Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group III for the 6th assessment cycle. He was awarded a CBE for services to sustainable energy in 2013 and an OBE for services to sustainable transport in 2004. © ​ The Open University Transcript Stories of...
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...businesses. A business may be a local takeaway, or may operate in multiple locations across the globe; both are, in economic terms, referred to as firms. In this course you will focus on firms as the main economic agents involved in supplying the economy. Firms are a crucial part of the modern economy, supplying the food we eat, the clothes we wear, or the leisure...
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...Business owners also receive capital income in the form of profits. Such sources of income which are received directly by a person for performing a given economic activity is called original income. In Figure 3 you also saw that another importance source of income for households comes from government. Some households will receive cash benefits from the government such as...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain

...Business, Alicia Dietsch: There’s been a non-reversible shift in the way business is done thanks to the constraints of COVID-19. It’s clear that a successful talent program now requires a hybrid work policy, but that policy needs to be supported by a strategic tech-first cultural reset, to ensure business growth and competition. Firms need to ask themselves if they...