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Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...Thinking about personal motivation Timing: Allow about 45 minutes Watch the following video clip titled ‘Motivation through adversity: The Fabrice Muamba story’ which shows Fabrice Muamba being interviewed about motivation. SHAUNA MUAMBA One of the huge motivational things about Fabrice, I think, is his spirit as a fighter. I think I've learned so much from him...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...thinking about how you might engage with the different stakeholders in your community role, whether that be in a service organisation like policing, emergency response, health or social care, or as an active member of community groups like the parish council or Neighbourhood Watch. In general, most ordinary members of the community are low power/low interest, but by...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...think that the root of this paradox is that the word is used both when we identify a need – the first link in the problem-solving chain – and when we undertake the process of meeting that need. It is the identification of the need and the realisation that it is real and must be met that creates the anxiety and the negative feelings ('Houston, we have a problem …')....
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Exploring stereotypes in STEM
Education & Development

Exploring stereotypes in STEM

...thinking and how we perceive our own position within the STEM disciplines. If you take a few minutes to visualise who you think would be a ‘typical’ STEM professional, what images and/or words come to mind? Were they male or female? White or racially marginalised? Able bodied or disabled? LGBQT+ or straight? It is not uncommon to think of STEM professionals as being...
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Video 5 mins
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...think about what you might do within your current job to accommodate or even take advantage of these, and also to see what opportunities might exist elsewhere. Lynne Johnson introduces you to Week 2 in the video below. LYNNE JOHNSON Welcome to Week 2. Last week, you explored the differences between various sectors, industries and professions and found out why it’s so...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough
Society, Politics & Law

The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough

...system to prevent fraudulent or malicious applications. All applications to join the Labour Party as a member, affiliate or supporter are verified and those who are identified by our verification team as being candidates, members or supporters of another political party will be denied a vote. The so-called “purge” is part of a broader effort by the party, known as...
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Article 5 mins
What makes near-future Sci-Fi especially scary?
History & The Arts

What makes near-future Sci-Fi especially scary?

...think and feel – and the right to a fair trial. Odi, an outdated NHS caregiving Syth who features in both seasons, chooses a form of suicide (returning to his original setting and rejecting consciousness) as he can’t deal with his new reality. Transcript The robots that inhabit the future theme park in Westworld are also introduced as the playthings of the super-rich....
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Video 10 mins
Information blackout at the Council of Europe?
Nature & Environment

Information blackout at the Council of Europe?

...system which respects democratic values … should apply to all users regardless of their nationality, status or function.” Given all this, it is a matter of profound concern that for over three and a half years, the Council of Europe’s own archives have essentially been closed to the public. (I say essentially as I am aware that access to the archives was enabled for...
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Article 5 mins