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Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...thinking which can then drive changes in practice. This could be your practice if you work in one of these settings. It could be the practice of others, if you share what you are learning with professionals and volunteers in these settings, either in conversation or through more formal dissemination of what you have come to know. What you share could be insights from...
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Article 5 mins
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...think human language and the call system of the vervet monkey might differ. Keep this list with you and compare it with the differences mentioned in the text as you go through the first half of this course. This course is in two parts. In the first half (Section 2), we will investigate the nature and structure of human language, keeping our vervet monkey example on hand...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...thinking about self-care is to think about the words literally, because in essence self-care is about thinking about and taking care of the ‘self’, in other words taking care of you!Whether you know it or not, you already engage in a range of self-care practices that are designed to protect your physical health. For example, one of the most common self-care routines...
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Article 15 mins
Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?

...system change not climate change'.] 'System change, not climate change' As the world’s second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the withdrawal of US from the Paris climate agreement comes as a setback to international action on climate change. This puts the US alongside Nicaragua and Syria, the two other UN member countries who have refused the deal. Does this...
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Article 10 mins
What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...system is entering uncharted territory. It seems increasingly likely that neither the Conservatives or Labour will be in a position to form a majority government after the election on May 7. They may not even be able to form a working coalition with any single minor party. In such a scenario, a minority government could be formed and kept in office through what is known...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...thinking about lifestyle and obesity in Activity 1 (i.e. the question ‘Is being overweight related to a person’s lifestyle?’), you might have realised that when considered from the perspective of health and wellbeing the concept is far more complex. In addition, lifestyles go beyond the individual level (Jensen, 2007); for instance, they can be conceived at a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
What is Locus of Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Locus of Control?

...think you have? Locus of control is a term coined by Julian Rotter in the 1960s as part of his social learning theory. It refers to the belief in how much control people think they have over our own lives. You can complete a test here to see if you have an internal or external locus of control: Am I in control? As an individual develops and gains experience, they learn to...
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Article 10 mins
Psychological profiling
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological profiling

...think that if you have an offender then it's necessary to work with them, to help them to change whatever psychological deficit it is that brought them there in the first place." Given Paul's high profile it seems unbelievable that he hasn't spent his entire life working in this field, yet he points out that "I came to psychology probably later than most people start...
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Article 10 mins