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Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...think what…..Burleigh ….because I was doing, I wanted to do Chemistry, they offered while I was doing my A levels they offered us a position just to go to a uni, they call it taster course, taster course, just to erm follow people around who are actually doing the course…You get actually to sit in their lectures. It’s for a whole day and you get to see a taste of...
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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Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...thinking about what the work is of the social mobility commission, for example. Mark Ealing There’s a group of people within the business that just get it, that you’re preaching to the choir. And there’s a group of people in any business that will never get it. It’s not for them. They’re not interested. Both of those groups are important, but that’s not where...
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...think about their view of play and their reasons for playing. When children have personal freedom to choose and make decisions about what and who they want to play with, as well as where they want to play, they are highly self-motivated and active in their engagements with everything around them. In this course you will think about how you listen to children’s...
Level 1: Introductory 5 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...
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...system recognises and responds to an acute viral infection. DAVID MALE: The COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020–2022, with waves of infection in different countries, produced by successive variants of the SARS-CoV2 virus. The rapid spread was made possible by the high infectivity of the virus and the fact that a substantial proportion of infected...
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...think of? c.What is the last news story you remember about each region? d.Who owns it? Answer The set of answers shown below is from one of the team who asked a family member with no experience of the frozen planet. Here are her answers: a.Images for the Arctic: cold; polar bear; igloo. For the Antarctic: penguin; whale; ice. b.Words for the Arctic: polar bear; the...
Level 1: Introductory 7 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,...