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Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...think are the key elements of innovation? Reflect for a moment and note down your thoughts in the box below. To better understand what innovation is in practice, it is worth considering two key definitions. Hartley and Knell (2021, p. 2) assert that ‘innovation is about new ideas or practices which are implemented’ [original emphasis]. The distinction highlighted by...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...thinking about the world. This means that it involves a certain way of investigating, studying and writing about a topic. In this context, an organism is a living thing – ourselves and other animals, as well as plants, fungi, bacteria and so on. These living things interact with each other in various ways and with the non-living components that make up the environment...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn. This free course, Why maps are made, looks at how we read and evaluate the information in maps and assesses the values embedded within them. From mental maps to public transport and street maps: how do they affect your life?...Cars...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Standards for better cotton
Money & Business

Standards for better cotton

...think of their clothes and where they come from, they most often imagine a factory in China, India or Bangladesh. A crowded workplace filled with people sewing on buttons and ironing shirts you will wear on a night out. What we often don’t realise is that millions of people were involved in producing your shirt even before it got to that factory– farmers who grow...
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Article 5 mins
How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

...thinking’ (such as the more commonly known CBT approach), the focus of ACT is on how to create a meaningful life despite the difficulties that we all encounter in life. It is therefore a very useful therapy where peoples’ worries and low mood are a valid response to a difficult situation. Whilst ACT is a type of therapy that can be completed with the support of a...
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Article 10 mins
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...think, because ultimately we're helping them to understand their practise and themselves. So, actually, it's not necessarily about you having all the answers and information and imparting that on them. Actually, it's about helping them to reflect better or understand what they've done and, and that's really powerful. Video 1 There are three points that can be taken from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...think of an autonomous being as one who is able to determine the ‘shape’ of their life through reasoned free choices. The notion of autonomy can be clarified if we think about some concrete cases. Does a cat have autonomy when it notices, and then races after, a mouse? Presumably not, as the cat does not act for reasons. It does not consider whether it wants to be the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
About the stroop test
Education & Development

About the stroop test

...thinking. We look in the correct direction before crossing the road; we travel to work without consciously making decisions about the route. Being able to do these things automatically frees up our brain to work on other, more important issues. However, on some occasions, being able to prevent ourselves from doing things automatically, or avoid the usual routine action,...
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Activity 10 mins