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Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...family or friends may give much enjoyment and can create treasured memories. Resuscitation decision In the same way that most women would like a ‘natural’ birth’, if asked, most people would like a ‘natural’ dignified death. So, an important conversation you need to have as part of your advance care planning is to talk about Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)...
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Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...family upbringing, community, our faith, our traditions, our heritage, other ecological systems such as our society on a wider scale and their views on ‘loss’. I write this, not to give you ‘tips’ on how to ‘grieve’, but more to share my experience of bereavement and how the feelings of loss feel like for me and others and some of the key thoughts to consider....
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How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...history for understanding the present? Consider how the programme highlights the need and access to welfare are socially constructed and contested. Consider how the contrast between Anderson's and Campbell's arguments reflect the distinction between social order and social justice approaches to social problems. One sees the poor as the problem while the other sees the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...history. Barack Obama But on this January night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn’t do. Presenter Barack Obama speaking in January 2008, after he won Iowa’s democratic nomination in the race for the American Presidential Election. Tom Clarke That had a ring of authenticity about it both because he wasn’t white and also...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...families in poverty may not be able to have a child in school rather than in labour. All nations demonstrate some inequality in the quality of life enjoyed by citizens and struggles for equality and justice are widely experienced across the world. A central theme to your study in this course is the idea of ‘equality’ and how we consider achieving ‘equity’ in...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...family member, friend or colleague. Grief affects everyone in different ways. You’re likely to experience a range of emotions as you gradually come to terms with your loss. It's quite common for people to feel: Shock and numbness. Guilt about something you said or did not say, or not being able to prevent the death of your loved one. Tiredness or exhaustion. Anger –...
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The Perseid meteor shower 2017
Science, Maths & Technology

The Perseid meteor shower 2017

...history.” The Leonid meteor storms of the late 1990’s and early 2000’s were much more spectacular, and had rates 10 times greater than the best Perseid display. The Met Office suggest that there's a chance of cloud making the night less than memorable across much of the UK, but have a forecast of the best times to look up: We heading towards the peak of the...
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Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...and an Observer columnist since 1987. I am now the paper’s Technology columnist writing a weekly column and occasional OpEds and editorials.” John is author of three books: A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet 1999); From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What You Really Need to Know About the Internet (2012); and 100 Not Out: A Lockdown Diary (2020)”...
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