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Is personality the only factor in how we behave?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is personality the only factor in how we behave?

...think of personality and psychology as almost being synonymous, understanding individual differences. But as we look into things more deeply we realise that the way that people behave differently from each other is more often to do with the circumstances they’re in. For instance, a type of job they’re doing. If they’re put in the job that requires them to be...
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Video 5 mins
How To Be A Better LGBTQI+ Ally
Health, Sports & Psychology

How To Be A Better LGBTQI+ Ally

...think you're supportive? But are you really an LGBTQI+ ally? Test yourself by using our immersive film-based interactive...You can make a huge difference to the lives of LGBTQI+ youth by showing your support as an ally. You’ll be doing your bit to help someone thrive, rather than just survive. But while most people want to be allies, there can be confusion around how to...
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Activity 20 mins
Is citizenship nationality?
Society, Politics & Law

Is citizenship nationality?

...think you have a right to your nationality and that the state will protect you, however, we hear from Ruth Barnett, a Jewish refugee, and Moazzam Begg, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, about the stark realities. Perspective: Is citizenship nationality? In a roundtable discussion about citizenship, our experts discuss nationality from an activism point of view, and a theoretical...
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Video 15 mins
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...system. Putting these pieces of the jigsaw together, current thinking is that stress, via the effects of glucocorticoid hormones, leads to a decline in hippocampal function (through some combination of decline in hippocampal neurogenesis and increase in hippocampal atrophy), and that hippocampal dysfunction is linked to some of the symptoms of depression. Given what you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Teaching secondary music
Education & Development

Teaching secondary music

...Think back to your own experiences as a young learner. Identify one example of teaching (from any subject), which you think resulted in you being ‘altered’ as a person. What did the teacher do in terms of presentation (e.g. explanations, resources, questioning) that resulted in this learning? Why did this teaching have such an impact and remain in your...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each session of the course score 50% or more in the two badge quizzes in Session 3 and Session 6 For all the quizzes, you can have three attempts at most of the questions (for true or false type questions you usually...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...think about why such influences may not have a uniform impact from family to family. You will also explore how learning is a two way experience for both children and their parents or carers, in situations both within and beyond the home...This free course, The family at the centre of early learning, focuses on the positive learning relationships that can exist in any...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...think of ‘us’ and who you imagine as ‘them.’ Consider your participation in these groups. Did you choose to be part of them, or were you included by default? Have you ever moved from one group to another? What factors define belonging in these groups? Discussion You might have come up with a wide range of different examples of groups here. This might have included...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs