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Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...education, despite my devotion as a father… So you see this is coming from an incredible sense of guilt. I suppose what I’m trying to do is save my boy in retrospect. I stood next to his coffin in the church. It was packed with people – a shattered community – and I made him a public promise. I said that I would investigate what had happened to him and that I...
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Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...educational qualifications and the, of course, and sadly, they're stigmatised by having the label 'offender' or 'ex-offender' applied to them. So that question is a much broader one and it's not simply the responsibility of the prison service to do something about that. Does prison work? part 2 Does prison work? part 3 (13 minutes 8 MB) RICHARD SPARKS So, what can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...education in the Middle Ages, and it is still very much alive today in the public sphere. Speeches by figures such as politicians are usually carefully crafted affairs, designed to be spoken, but relying on a written script. Analysing the construction of a speech, and its manner of delivery, can give interesting insights into the techniques of rhetoric, but what matters...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...education, income, wealth, employment, incarceration and health outcomes. [A row of figures in different shades.] Different academic disciplines ask different sorts of questions about race. For example, historians of race may be interested in understanding the development of the idea of race or of race relations over time, social scientists may be interested in gathering...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...education, and were not able to gain university degrees, so there were very few women contributing to the early days of the discipline. More women than men now study for psychology degrees in the UK, but this was not always the case. The two Wills were not only men; they were also white, upper class and lived in similar cultures, either Europe or North America (the United...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Deall datganoli yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Deall datganoli yng Nghymru

...education. I'm very proud that in Torfaen we have a Labour council that is prepared to take those decisions to protect our local services. The leader of UKIP knows nothing about the financial pressures facing the local authority in Torfaen, and I am sure that you would agree with me, Minister, that all the low hanging fruit is now gone in local authorities, and they are...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...education. In this course you will explore childhood development and some biological and psychological conditions that affect children and young people. These will take the focus of asthma, intellectual and development disorders, depression and anxiety and eating disorders. This course will be based on the biopsychosocial model of health. This model of health has been in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...educational institutions such as schools, colleges and universities – where the main business is teaching and learning. People, usually with special qualifications, provide learning which often leads to assessments – such as exams – and in turn leads to certificates, degrees or qualifications. Informal learning is more difficult to define because it covers so many...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs