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Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...types of workers are restricted in their access to the better jobs in the primary labour markets. This course also provides good examples of how different theoretical perspectives lead to different policy prescriptions. Neoclassical economists believe that making the world more like the characteristics of the neoclassical model of perfect competition will remove many...
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...phrase to rebound or recoil (Masten, Gewirtz and Sapienza, 2013), the term ‘resilience’ has had many definitions proposed over the years (Sisto et al., 2019). Despite the use of multiple terms to describe resilience, there is consensus among researchers that resilience is best understood when examined in a particular context as models of resilience developed in other...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...phrase ‘creating a system of interest.’ Equally, she may be thinking in terms of protecting endangered species or of creating a garden pond. Systems of interest are devices related to purpose so that the boundary and subsystems will be different in each particular system of interest. Systems of interests even in the same situation are also likely to differ somewhat,...
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...type into the gap or copy and paste from the list of words.) [TEXT ON SCREEN: What happens inside your body when you exercise?] NARRATOR: Regular physical activity can lower your risk of heart and circulatory disease by 35%. When you are active, the heat produced by your muscles increases your body temperature, making you feel warmer. Your heart starts to beat faster,...
Starting with law
Society, Politics & Law

Starting with law

...types of law, it is a good starting point as it brings together the idea of a state issuing commands to individuals and applying sanctions to those individuals if they do not obey these commands. Generally, law applies to people throughout a country. There are, of course, laws which apply only to certain groupings, for example those that apply to children and young people...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...types of region and types of regionalism. But clearly-demarcated and long-established regions are a more likely basis for strong regionalist or nationalist movements, while top-down regionalisation often results in regions with little popular identity or awareness of the region by its own inhabitants. Pre-existing regional diversity provides an uneven basis for...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...types of organisations, although the process is often no longer referred to as Management by Objectives. Management by Objectives aims to identify key areas in a person’s work and to set targets against which his or her performance (or effectiveness) may be measured. Management by Objectives is a simple idea which often proves to be very difficult to apply. Peter...
Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...type of method or perspective? Discussion This resource will also encourage you to think about the relationships between different people, contexts, perspectives and methods. You might even find it helpful to follow one of the narratives...Session 2: Exploring psychology: 6 Summary - In this session of the course you have explored other aspects of the CHIP resource,...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs