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From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...health tourists. Hence, this ‘minority within a minority’ has experienced one insecurity after another. The recent vote in the House of Commons and Theresa May’s strong views on using EU citizens’ residence rights as a bargaining chip in BREXIT negotiations are deeply worrying for all EU citizens, including this minority within a minority in the UK. Having...
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Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...health and safety laws, planning laws and financial services laws operate and are applied in a way that is fair and consistent. The European Convention on Human Rights Since 1950 the UK has been a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The ECHR is an international treaty signed by members of the Council of Europe and is, consequently, separate and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...mentally ticking off, well in that case I'm going to include Sardinia next time. And it will certainly be up there. I'm sure. Andy Morris I guess the same could be said about Corsica as well. Dr Nick Middleton Yes, I could have included Corsica. Could well include Corsica in another volume. In fact I could probably do an entire fifty country volume just with European...
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Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...mental activity by which an individual is aware of and knows about his or her environment, including such processes as perceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging and problem solving. * Computer Vision/Machine Vision The combination of electronic eyes and brains allowing a system to see an object, make some decisions about that object and, in certain cases, implement an...
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Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...health problems. Service delivery agents – ‘the biggest and most visible of the voluntary organisations’ providing services to those in need. They often have many paid staff and operate across the UK. Examples include the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and Citizens Advice. Campaigning bodies – some organisations were created to campaign for a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...health visitor and various books, she should sometimes be playing in slightly different ways – games where it’s your-turn, my-turn like, for example, snap and snake and ladders. But she often just wants to play her musical instruments. She’s got a guitar, just a little one, and she’s also got access to my guitar. She loves her toy piano and she loves all her...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...health post in a rural area, initiating a community saving scheme, or conducting an awareness raising campaign around a specific issue in the local area. You may have noticed intervention and project are used interchangeably in this course. But what is a project? A project is a time-bound intervention, usually lasting between one and five years. It’ll be based on some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...wellbeing of early career teachers. The need to balance support and challenge was discussed earlier, along with some techniques that can promote more balanced professional discussions. Research suggests that being able to practice their roles without fear of failure (Bauer et al., 2007), and in the absence of a performance climate (Černe, Jaklič and Škerlavaj, 2013),...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs