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First sunrise of the century

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The value system of the residents of the Republic of Kiribati focuses on community and family life, according to the Open University Business School's Keith Dixon, who travelled there under the auspices of the UK Dept for International Development to set up an accounting and financial management education programme for the technical institute on South Tarawa, one of the republic's 33 coral atolls. He emphasizes that local people regard individual enterprise and private capital negatively. He felt that these people saw courses as collecting certificates, rather than gaining knowledge and skills.

Social aspects, Open University, Kiribati, Dixon, Keith

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The bittersweet tale of Liverpool's sugar

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The campaign against the nationalization of sugar refining the UK at the end of the 1940s was very sophisticated, according to Open University lecturer Ron Noon. He believes that the national curriculum should give closer attention to nutrition and the politics of food.

College teachers, College faculty, Political aspects, Sugar industry, Noon, Ron

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Lady guerrillas who cleaned up nursing

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The Sisterhoods played a key role in boosting the status of the nursing profession, according to historian Susan Mumm. She indicates that Sisterhood nurses placed strong emphasis on their own rights and those of their patients.

Executive changes & profiles, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Nurses, Health care industry, History, Nursing, Women historians, Mumm, Susan

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