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Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...community charge Source: Glasgow LiveMy mother and some other activists had prepared for this eventuality by wearing incontinence pads and hiding cigarettes and matches about their person. They had no worries about being arrested but were not prepared to go without their cigarettes! What calmed me down that day was a card my mother had placed, unbeknown to me, in my...
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Article 5 mins
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...communication is key and can really help develop a strong mentor-student relationship. You’ll have four more observations and mentor meetings, but daily check ins, feedback, motivation can be very effective. And just to be told you are doing a good job, can go a long way. Andrew My mentor supports me through every aspect of my PGCE. So like I said, while mentoring means...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...community agencies who contribute in a number of different areas, including and much of the provision of social care for people who can’t look after themselves or who need assistance in looking after themselves, are provided by voluntary agencies. So it’s what we do on a voluntary basis for each other. But also actually and probably the most unsung area is what...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...Community Primary School in Leicester. I’ve been the head teacher here for the last seven years. So the school vision statement is be the best that you can be. And I think the kind of really big takeaway here is that we look to develop the whole child. So it’s not just about academic ability. You know, the importance of just really laying that strong foundation so...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...communicate all that you have done. Your dissertation is the element of the EPQ that is read and assessed by others who haven’t been involved in your research...The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is an opportunity for you to work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These...
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Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...community (Centre for Mental Health, 2013). In this free course, Work and mental health, you will look at some of the ways in which employment affects mental health and what can be done to support people in finding and keeping work...Although being at work during periods of mental illness can be difficult for those with mental health problems, most people with these...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...communication and culture and redress that balance of that kind of shock, if you like, of getting people working from home. Where it's landed us now is a much more wide use of technology across the business, if you like. So you would always have the IT departments and the data areas who would be at the forefront of using some of these tools - collaboration tools,...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...communicating a particular piece can change over time; and how the appearance and contents of a source can reflect the circumstances in which it is produced. The course focuses on three examples of musical media that allow us to study music of the past: manuscripts of sixteenth-century Belgium, prints of eighteenth-century London, and recordings of twentieth-century...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs