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Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...et al., 1973). It is here that the story of critical criminology begins...Critical criminology and the social sciences: 2.1 What does it mean to be critical? - Thinking is skilled work. It is not true that we are naturally endowed with the ability to think clearly and logically … People with untrained minds should no more expect to think clearly and logically than...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...et al., 2007, pp. 92, 94) These days, traditional ‘command and control’ leadership is no longer enough. The world is too complex, organisations are too big and the range of situations in which people might find themselves is simply too diverse for one person to manage. One way of addressing this is through the practice of distributed leadership, sometimes known as...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...et al., 2010). The knowledge and skills to address this range of activities is, therefore, arguably needed by the innovation manager. The broad scope and diversity of innovation management activities identified by Igartua, Garrigos and Hervas-Oliver (2010) underlines that innovation management is a core business activity in many organisations that requires skilled inputs...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...circulation of people or safety should be considered first. Even in graphic design these rules are really only guidelines. They provide pointers to help you achieve your design intention. Activity 13 Rule of thirds Now it is your turn to create a composition using the rule of thirds. Create a layout for a poster using the elements given in the interactive activity below....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...the perspective of a model used to train negotiators handling a crisis situation (Vecchi et al., 2005). The Behavioural change stairway model (BCSM), represented in Figure 6, claims that five steps can lead to a desirable change in behaviour. [Described image] Figure 6 The Behavioural change stairway model This model suggests that each step is one part of a sequence that builds on another. For example, it is claimed ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...et al., 1999, p. 153). The saturnine humour is melancholia, suffered most in the evening when the planet Saturn is in the sky. It was particularly associated with creative individuals such as poets and painters. Melancholia was certainly associated with artists at Caravaggio's time (Wittkower, 1961, pp. 293–4): Cardanus in 1561 described painters as ‘fickle, of...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl

...et al. (2008, t.5) yn diffinio iechyd meddwl a lles da fel dim salwch meddwl fel iselder, a’r gallu i ymdopi â heriau bob dydd mewn ffordd gadarnhaol, optimistaidd ac adeiladol. Gan ddefnyddio’r diffiniad hwn, mae ymarfer corff yn gallu bod yn fuddiol i’ch iechyd meddwl mewn dwy ffordd. Yn gyntaf, mae ymarfer corff yn gallu atal neu leihau salwch meddwl fel...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...et al., 2009) the focus is on teachers, their attitudes and behaviours within the classroom. The Te Kotahitanga project is not uncontroversial: teachers and teacher unions in New Zealand have challenged the way in which the project switches the location of the ‘deficit’ from within the Maori child to within the teacher and his/her practice. These critiques argue that...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs