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Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...change? This free course can help you with your own housing decisions, as well as understand the politics that often drive the housing market...Everyone needs a place they call home and housing costs are usually your largest outgoing. Many aspire to buy, but rising house prices, while good news for existing owners, put homeownership beyond the reach of others. This free...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...changing interaction with learning environments; providing new approaches to skill development; introducing new content; and reshaping how learning takes place. Changing interactions with learning environments focuses attention on where learning takes place. This extends beyond the ability to attract people to libraries and museums with a strategic use of Pokémon Go and...
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Article 5 mins
A World Cup legacy for generations to come
Health, Sports & Psychology

A World Cup legacy for generations to come

...change is possibly the most exciting aspect of the World Cup and it could show that the very idea of a legacy from major sporting events is more than words in a glossy document. Long after the winning team have collected the trophy the impact of the World Cup will continue to be felt within New Zealand and the wider Oceania region. It has the potential to be a catalyst...
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Article 10 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

...change for workers. In Bangladesh, our programme is focused on 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...
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Article 5 mins
What is Indigenous Psychology?
Education & Development

What is Indigenous Psychology?

...changing social processes in a community context are identified as ‘local knowledge’. It is believed to facilitate social change and is an essential gatekeeper for empowering local communities. The process of internalizing local knowledge is manifested in our everyday life, for example, adherence to the local customs and celebration of localised practices. The ongoing...
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Article 10 mins
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...change. Regime change can and repeatedly does put even the core structural principles and values of any institution in jeopardy. Institutional memory fades and anything can be sacrificed to the agenda of the realpolitik of the new crew at top table. Binney and Drake will have seen many internal organisational regime changes during their lives. They absorbed the associated...
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Video 15 mins
Wild about wildlife: Explore the animal kingdom
Nature & Environment

Wild about wildlife: Explore the animal kingdom

...the natural world. Explore this collection of free OpenLearn courses and articles to discover more about mammals, birds, insects and other wildlife. Find out how different species have evolved and adapted to their environments, why biodiversity matters, and explore some of the pressures facing wildlife and ecosystems today, from invasive species to environmental change....
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Article 5 mins
George at Asda – What makes clothing ownership and use sustainable?
Money & Business

George at Asda – What makes clothing ownership and use sustainable?

...change shape and size, simply wear-out our clothing, and like to adapt to changing fashions so feel special in our clothes. Avoiding throwing things away when we have finished with them, so they don’t end up in landfill, can be a real way to make the clothing we own more sustainable. Donating unwanted clothing to friends, family or good causes for reuse or for recycling...
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Article 5 mins