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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...concept of trauma informed practice. ...For police officers and other emergency service workers, being trauma informed (TI) in their professional practice ensures the best outcomes from interactions with both members of the public and colleagues. But what does being TI in practice mean? This article will demonstrate that it is not a complicated or difficult concept. In...
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Introduction to analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to analysis

...concept of a least upper bound. Section 5 looks at how least upper bounds can be used to define arithmetic operations on the set of real numbers...This free course is an introduction to analysis which looks at real numbers and their properties, with a particular emphasis on inequalities. Section 1 starts by revising rational numbers and their decimal representations....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...concepts I have set out with, the ‘rules’ do change. However stable they might seem, institutions are constantly changing. They come into being, mature, change – and they usually, if not always, come to an end. Their historical rise, decline and fall can be traced – though in some cases the perspective has to be exceedingly long term. The nation-state is one of...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up
History & The Arts

Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up

...concept of animism, a theory which imagines the world and everything in it animated by a common ‘life-force’ (a similar idea was explored in James Cameron’s 2009 film, Avatar). (It is worth adding that in the late 19th century, anthropologists proposed that ‘animism’ was the original religion and later evolved into polytheism and then monotheism). The release of...
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The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...concepts are most useful for the task explain how hypotheses are generated...The social in social science: 1 What does the philosophy of the social science offer? - Why study the philosophy of the social sciences? Before we can answer this question we need to ask briefly a whole series of preliminary questions, such as: Why do we study social phenomena? How do we study...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...concepts that social psychologists are interested in, such as personality, identity and groups, are relevant to the ways in which people relate to political processes. During this course you will be introduced to some of the ways that social psychologists have considered the political. You will also be encouraged to think critically about the norms of ‘good...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Multiculturalism Bites
History & The Arts

Multiculturalism Bites

...Susan Mendus on Toleration The concept of toleration has a long history; Sue Mendus shows how present day debate is informed by 17th Century discussions. Nancy Fraser on Recognition and Multiculturalism Recognition and respect are key ideas when it comes to achieving political equality. They are, Nancy Fraser argues, central to the debates surrounding multiculturalism....
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The relativistic Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The relativistic Universe

...how different phenomena affect space-time General relativity predictions The evidence for gravitational waves and black holes. Gravitational wave astronomy could drive the cutting edge research of future The “dark sector” Examining the concepts of dark matter and dark energy. Ideas about dark energy have led to a theory of the end of the universe called the Big Rip...
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Audio 32 mins