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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...economic injustice. Emphasising Christian charity is sometimes at odds with representing the powers of the established, national church in Britain. In the video, you may remember Ison discussing the difficulties the cathedral leadership had in seeing themselves as having a duty to both the City of London and the protesters during this particular incident. Those...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...economic and social role of the state increased again as a consequence of the financial crisis and downturn beginning in 2008. The large array of things that the state now does requires not only more state employees and agencies, but also more complex patterns of interaction and interdependence between different state bodies, as well as between state bodies and non-state...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...economic prosperity. The indicators provide an overview of national progress towards a more sustainable economy, society and environment. The SDIs are used as a means of assessing whether the nation as a whole is developing sustainably, and as a means for policy-makers to identify more sustainable policy options (DEFRA, 2013). River water quality is measured by indicators...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...economic studies that illustrate the impacts of invaders and the financial benefits of control are essential to justify the increasingly large-scale funding that the Working for Water Programme requires. By uniting social goals with ecosystem restoration, and by capitalising on public pressure to provide water to millions of people, WWP has mustered political will, public...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...economic sector would be their natural home. Activity 2 Looking at social enterprise Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes Watch this promotional video about social enterprise and answer the following questions: What activities do social enterprises get involved with? Which elements are private sector-related and which are more like the voluntary sector? Julia Stour...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...economical for LANs...Digital communications: 2.2 Fibre types - A strand of glass (or plastic, but the best performance comes from glass) has a core surrounded by a cladding, where the refractive index of the glass in the core is higher than that of the cladding (see the box on ‘Refractive index>’). Light is contained within the core by total internal reflection,...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...Economic and Social Research Council Professorial Fellow. John Oates And what’s your main area of research interest? Elizabeth Meins I’m interested in how early infant–mother interaction – and particularly a mothers' ability to tune into what their babies are thinking and feeling – predicts children’s subsequent development John Oates And what methods do you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...Economic Cost ​How much it costs What direct or indirect costs are associated with the intervention and is there evidence of cost benefits? Source: College of Policing Activity 3 Putting EBP into practice In Video 2, Superintendent Gordon McCalmont of the Police Service of Northern Ireland discusses some of the challenges and opportunities of putting evidence-based...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs