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Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Paul Tucker On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...change with STiP (TB872) and enrolled in a second module, T891, Making Environmental Decisions, which started in November 2021. Paul describes himself as “a student of STiP, learning to apply STIP in my professional context working in sustainability. I have been learning by doing systems practice for the past 5 years or so, using diagramming to better understand and...
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Exploring leadership for inclusion
Education & Development

Exploring leadership for inclusion

...change and how to collaborate for professional development. They will build upon the skills and experiences you already have, so you can reflect on personal and institutional responses to enacting leadership that support the involvement of all. Recognising the calls for collaboration and ongoing development of practice, you will explore the experiences of practitioners...
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Studying Social Work at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying Social Work at The Open University

...change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledges, social work engages people and structures to address life...
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Rotating Bodies and Angular Momentum
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotating Bodies and Angular Momentum

...momentum. Spinning on Ice A look at how ice skaters can control and change the speed of spinning, with relation to body mass and axis of rotation. Diving Angular momentum in Diving - rates of rotation, the moment of inertia, and the angle of momentum. The Highland Games The highland games provide a perfect background for studying the basic laws of rotational motion....
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Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...change in emphasis in the way the prisons were being used through that approach and, although one can see that it appealed to a certain trend present in society at that time with one or two reactions to events of that period, nevertheless anybody working in the criminal justice system realises that prisons are very damaging places for individuals and that we should use...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...change; that is, the transformation of one substance into another, in this case often accompanied by a colour change. The second uses light, and other types of electromagnetic radiation, to interact with the fingerprints and make them visible. The fingerprints can then be photographed, ready to be compared by experts with a database of fingerprints or with fingerprints...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Leadership and followership Badge icon
Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...changing world. Finally, you’ll identify how you want to develop your own leadership skills and devise a plan to build your experience. Please tell us more about your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and personal skill development! We would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete this survey and tell us about yourself and your experiences of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...change had made it harder to race against Caster: Sharp told the BBC after the race: “I have tried to avoid the issue all year. You can see how emotional it all was. We know how each other feels. It is out of our control and how much we rely on people at the top sorting it out. The public can see how difficult it is with the change of rule but all we can do is give it...
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