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What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...social scientific approach that ‘offers a lens through which to make sense of, deconstruct and challenge racial inequality in society’ (Rollock and Gillborn, 2011). It ‘endeavours to expose the way in which racial inequality is maintained through the operation of structures and assumptions that appear normal and unremarkable’ (Rollock and Gillborn, 2011). CRT...
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Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...social self as internal working model’, in Gunnar, M. R. and Sroufe, L. A. (eds), Self process and development: Minnesota symposia on child psychology, vol. 23, pp. 1-41, Hillsdale, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Bretherton, I. (1993) ‘From dialogue to internal working models: The co-construction of self relationships’, in Nelson, C. A. (ed) Memory and affect in...
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Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...social skills □ Required attitude or general approach to the work involved Check 5 – What are the working conditions? □ The physical environment □ The social conditions and work group context □ The economic conditions including funding and pay Check 6 – Who should be consulted about the analysis? □ Check back with the job holder □ Check back with his or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...worked socially with friends may not be appropriate in the workplace. Consider who you will be talking to – what might their expectations be? A key starting point is to establish the purpose of the communication. For example, explaining a technical process might require a different communication style to mediating an argument between disgruntled colleagues. Activity 3...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...working towards a social enterprise, the long-term financial viability is still a fundamental necessity. In reality, however, many other motives and objectives also influence business and managerial behaviour, particularly among small organisations of less than 20 employees (which would include almost all new start ups). Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter (1934) defined...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time
Society, Politics & Law

Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time

...social, political, cultural, class, gendered divisions within Scotland itself, so very different parts of Scotland voted in different ways. What stands out in terms of the highlight points is that areas that tended to be more deprived voted yes; areas that were more affluent tended to vote no. Now, of course, there are examples that maybe cut against both, but the...
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Studying mammals: Food for thought
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Food for thought

...social structure in both apes and humans to gain an understanding of where we come from and why we behave as we do. This is the tenth course in the Studying mammals series...Who were our ancestors? How are apes and humans related? And where does the extinct Homo erectus fit into the puzzle? In this free course, Studying mammals: Food for thought, we will examine culture,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...Social cash transfer payment systems in sub-Saharan Africa’, CSSR Working Paper, 452. Hein, E. (2014) Distribution and Growth after Keynes. Edward Elgar Publishing. Available at: https://econpapers.repec.org/bookchap/elgeebook/15903.htm (Accessed: 17 January 2024). Hermann, A. (2023) ‘In nearly every state, people of color are less likely to own homes compared to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs