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Black History Month 2021 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2021 talks

...health and social care professional educators supporting Black students. [Unknown title] Transcript Supporting Black declaration of mental health: Black staff at the OU's perspective Higher education has increased its student and staff populations, and this means there is more strain on pastoral service and resources at universities, as they endeavour to meet the needs of...
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Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...publication builds on our previous work -‘Impossible Peace’. Our focus now is the period 2005/10, and what happened after the IRA decision to end its armed campaign at 4pm on Thursday, July 28th 2005...[Impossible Peace 2: Dismantling the wars collection trailer] Click here to download the video transcript (docx) A World of War -power, ego and little leadership [Photo...
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Article 5 mins
What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...Public interventions of activist shareholders in publicly traded companies attract considerable press coverage for their often aggressive and controversial actions to change a company’s governance or operations. Activist investors, such as Carl Icahn or Bill Ackman, use their equity stake in a company to either influence the running of a business directly or put public...
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Article 10 mins
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...public discourse, who make academically informed judgements about important matters of religion and belief which shape the global landscape. (NATRE, CoRE, RE: Today, n.d.) How can we ensure the ‘best case scenario’ for Religious Education in schools is likely to be experienced?...An education in Religion and Worldviews: 2 Nobody Stands Nowhere - At the heart of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...public trust in the news media, his self-proclaimed “Best ---- News Team Ever” repeatedly, and hilariously, reminded us of the failures of contemporary broadcast journalism. Stewart’s own critiques of the news media from the anchor desk ranged from complimenting 2012 vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz for speaking “the lost language of journalism”...
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Article 5 mins
Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people

...public and political acceptance of their incarceration, despite mounting evidence of its terribly harmful effects. Although the number of children in prison has fallen enormously since 2007, there were 861 children in custody in England and Wales in 2018, 43 children were aged 14 or younger. Three in 10 children in custody in 2016–17 were there for non-violent crimes....
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Do people need Peeple?
Digital & Computing

Do people need Peeple?

...publicity or fearful of controversy, Silicon Valley’s app entrepreneur scene seems on course to establish a new low in ethical values and/or self-delusional thinking with the planned launch of the Peeple app – described as “Yelp for people”. [This couple don't have matching ratings] What happens when people start rating each other like Amazon purchases? Having...
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Article 5 mins
United Nations Day
Society, Politics & Law

United Nations Day

...public holiday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: This year again, we saw the United Nations come together on armed conflict, human rights, the environment and many other issues. We continue to show what collective action can do. We can do even more. In a world that is more connected, we must be more united. On United Nations Day, let us pledge to live up to our founding...
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