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Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...English would be my suggestion to anyone writing anything for anyone. Keep it plain language and lose the jargon. So that is key. Sometimes I think supporting other people-- well, one of the things that we could do is just be with that person sometimes. So when there’s an assessment, we have a small family support service where we can kind of say, well, we’ll send...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...English language in the late sixteenth century – and originally just meant ‘type’. ANGELA SAINI: People imagine that people have always thought about skin colour in this racialised way, and we really haven’t. That idea is no more than a few hundred years old. JONATHAN MARKS: It’s not really until the age of colonialism, in the seventeenth century, that you start...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...English Dictionary entry on consciousness.) It is only to the consciousness of these evils that knowledge and reflection awaken him (F.A. Kemble). We class sensations along with emotions, and volitions, and thoughts, under the common head of states of consciousness (Thomas Huxley). [Consciousness is] being aware of oneself as a distinct entity, separate from other people...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...English Athletics could provide coach education on resilience that a coach could access to help them become more aware of the possible stressors in their role and how they could develop skills to protect themselves from the potential negative effects of these stressors. There could be workshops and resources to help them to develop leadership and management skills, as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...English word Worldview). Imagine a discussion at a Parent Teachers Association as to whether or not everyone should take a turn on the door at school events. I might have a prior belief that all parents should be treated as equals, so I vote immediately for the option of all of us staffing the door. After the meeting, another parent says she prefers fundraising, so can't...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...English Dictionary states the meaning of facilitation as: ‘To assist the progress of…’ ‘To make easier…’ A facilitator is someone who assists the progress of individuals or groups, making processes easier. A facilitator helps individuals and groups to achieve their goals – that is, the goals set by the individuals or groups, not by the facilitator. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...English Dictionary (2021) as ‘the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy’. Mguni et al. (2012, p. 3) accept that wellbeing and resilience are linked, but they also ask whether wellbeing and resilience are ‘two sides of the same coin or is it possible to be resilient but have low levels of wellbeing?’ They go on to explain the difference between the two...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) The Oxford English Dictionary defines citizen science as the ‘collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists’, although there are other perspectives. In practice, citizen science has emerged under a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs