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Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...concepts. You can do this in a variety of ways...Revision and examinations: Making summary sheets or cards - Andrew Northedge, in The Good Study Guide uses a diagram to illustrate this (reproduced as Figure 4). He notes that: To boil the course down in this way, so as to extract its concentrated essences, is extremely valuable because it converts the broad themes and the...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...concept of well-being but is much more readily measured and compared across people. While economists care about other meanings of inequality, such as happiness, health, and abilities, they tend to use monetary resources, such as income or wealth, to understand these different meanings of inequality. Inequality in monetary terms is what is called economic inequality. You...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...concept of different agencies working together for a common good isn’t something new. Work with young people and with communities has always involved some degree of collaboration with others, and there has been a recognition for some time that different professionals need to be able to work together effectively in order to meet young people’s needs. Before the advent...
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...concept in more depth. As you read consider the stakeholders that might be critical to a football club. Stakeholders Stakeholders are people or groups who have a legitimate interest in the activities of businesses and other organisations in their society. Employees, customers and shareholders are all examples of stakeholders. Figure 6 summarises some of the potential...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Photo: © 1990, Scala, Florence. Used with permission of the department of Special Collections of the University of Glasgow Library. Whitney's text extracts a similar moral from the myth of Icarus as the opening Chorus of Doctor Faustus. In both cases, Icarus illustrates the dangers attendant on humans seeking ‘the thinges, to mortall men...
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...de Janeiro, with 1 million people attending over the extended holiday weekend. The carnival has about 40,000 volunteers helping out and usually about 9,000 police. The carnival creates a huge surge in demand for both private and public services. In a normal year about 270 licensed food, drink and merchandise stalls temporarily appear. The organisers also provide support...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...concepts and terminology used to describe this active area of research and debate. Taken together, and alongside the academic skills you have gained as practising research scientists, our hope is that the course will facilitate further exploration of these important issues through self-directed study, e.g., of some of the follow-up materials that will be on offer after...
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...concepts being mobilised, organised around what poverty means and therefore what you do about it, is that a reasonable conclusion to draw. Gail Lewis Absolutely. Let's think about an example from now. It's July 2001, and there's been a whole series of disturbances in West Yorkshire and Lancashire towns and most recently, and perhaps the most violent have been the ones in...