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Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...children’s hospital ward. If you are interested in exploring Joan’s experiences and research further, there are also two published journal articles available to read: Simons, J.M. and MacDonald, L.M. (2006) ‘Changing practice: implementing validated paediatric pain assessment tools’, Journal of Child Health Care, vol. 10, no.2, pp. 160–76 Simons, J.M. and...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Tomorrow's World
Science, Maths & Technology

Tomorrow's World

...research that's landed us on a comet - we've got it covered. We're also co-producing a number of programmes with the BBC for Tomorrow's World, including Britain's Greatest Invention and Horizon: 10 Things You Need to Know about the Future. In the meantime, enjoy an abundance of FREE learning on the ever-changing world of science: How is my life changing? How is my world...
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Article 3 hrs
Does your personality influence your career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does your personality influence your career?

...research we’ve been focusing on most recently is within distinct employers to see whether we get quite different effects in different places. And we get, those effects are coming through. Certainly we’re getting the impression that people are drawn towards different occupations, they feel attracted to them dependent on their personality. Whether they enjoy their job...
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Video 5 mins
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...centres; road maps; travel brochures. You may well have thought of others...Why maps are made: 2.2 Mental maps - One of the maps mentioned in the description of my journey to London is the idea of the ‘mental map’. This concerns the notion that we all carry maps in our heads. When asked for directions to a place, our reply is based on a mental map which may be quite...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...children...Owen Jones has taken on a big job documenting the way most of the citizens of these islands are commonly portrayed. It’s a task long overdue given the changes that have turned "the salt of the earth" into the target of routine abuse by The Sun and Daily Mail, the patronised guests of Jeremy Kyle and the caricatures of Little Britain. "Chavs" - a 21st century...
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Article 10 mins
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...children's centre that provided premises for weekly free play sessions-- so important for these children. I think everyone-- the trustees, staff, the volunteers-- openly say, like a badge of honour, that the organisation is built on trust and personal relationships, not bureaucracy. And I really get that. You know, I'm a mum, too, and I love kids. I can't stand it when I...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Do you trust forensic science in the criminal justice system?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you trust forensic science in the criminal justice system?

...research-based approach to studying traces of a past activity, such as the presence of a person and their actions. This is undertaken through many steps, including detecting, recognising, and recovering trace materials, comparing them with other traces that are recovered, interpreting and evaluating what they mean in relation to the crime and communicating the meaning of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

...research which seems to come from the other camp. Previous research estimates that UK’s GDP would be 2.25% lower as a consequence of EU withdrawal. Recent research estimates the benefits from EU membership to be of the order of 12% in GDP per person terms. Such estimates suggest that the benefits from Brexit, once properly estimated, will likely have a hard time...
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Article 10 mins