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From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator
Health, Sports & Psychology

From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator

...work, studying, housework and being a mum. Childhood I was talking to my mum about my childhood, and discussing how busy our lives were. Like me, she was a single mum who was working full-time and studying. She explained how every teacher described me as being ‘a lovely, kind and well-behaved little girl’ but how I was ‘not an academic’. School was a massive...
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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
Why is FGM practised?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is FGM practised?

...work of authors with similar and opposing perspectives who critically debate FGM through anthropological, human rights, public health, and social scientist lenses. They discuss the complexities of social norms, social convention, pluralistic ignorance, human rights, universalist and cultural relativism and feminist approaches (Fisaha, 2016; Shell-Duncan et al., 2018;...
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...social power associated with it. Within most countries, the standard language of that country is the variety of language that is associated with formal schooling, language assessment, and official print publications, among other things. Despite the ‘standard’ part of the term; the English language in both spoken and written form comes in a variety of arrangements...
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Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...working. If the silos/social bubbles of your organisation are too strong, then this will not happen. Being a change agent means finding ways to ‘pop the bubbles’, to foster the spread of knowledge about improved outcomes and new ways of working. This can be achieved through, for example: ‘brown bag’ lunch talks; communities of practice; internal conferences,...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

...social engineering as a means of deciding who could be a citizen. Gurus and Citizens Dr Aya Ikegame argues that religious gurus who act as providers of social care and justice represent a form of ‘citizenship’ as they successfully administer support to the community where the state is inadequate. Sexual Citizens and Orientalism Dr Leticia Sabsay’s research focuses...
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What does an engineer look like?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does an engineer look like?

...social media. One wrote that it was an “implausible” representation of “what a female software engineer looks like”, while another called for a “friendly smile rather than a sexy smirk”. The implication is: its not possible to be both an “attractive” woman and an engineer. Isis however, is both those things and so much more. Wenger’s response in the...
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Are selfies a terrible thing?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are selfies a terrible thing?

...social norms encourage women to embrace these beauty standards by, for example, pursuing a “natural look” through cosmetic enhancement and dieting. Our social values promote these body ideals and as such women and young girls are encouraged to believe that their bodies are an ongoing betterment project. They are continually under pressure to “improve” their...
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