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Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...public life. Crick report, 1998 In the DfES document Making Sense of Citizenship: A CPD Handbook a distinction is drawn between acts citizenship and status citizenship (Chapter 1: ‘Spelling it Out’, p. 2). Acts citizenship involves behaviour. The issue this raises for companies is how to ensure that they conform to their obligations and responsibilities in respect of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...public expenditure on energy research and if you correlate it with oil prices, miraculously the correlation is almost one-to-one. RH: How surprising! JS: Well, I don’t think the link is absolutely direct, but you know given that prices have fallen again, you see the sense… there’s more fossil fuels coming onto energy markets with the shale...
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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...health workers and the elderly and vulnerable can shop. However, this might also amplify the perception of scarcity. The perception that a norm has been violated is based on subjective judgement. Accurately assessing whether the availability of food and other items is threatened is difficult to do without more information. Images shared by trustworthy friends on social...
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Article 10 mins
Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance

...ensure that we record the athlete’s menstruation. Having a period is a vital sign of health and in athletes it is a great indication that they are getting their fuelling right. If a female athlete doesn’t balance her training load with her nutritional intake then, over time, her body will shut down her menstrual cycle: the body will prioritise other physiological systems over and above getting pregnant (which is what the ......
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Article 15 mins
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...health and social care Her study explores students’ experiences of synchronous online tuition within the context of teaching health and social care in a large UK-based distance learning university. In this interview, Dr Fiona Audrey-Smith begins by asking Dr Chandler about the changes she experienced as a result of her professional doctorate journey. Kathy recounts an...
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Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...public international law, which in broad terms encompasses law relating to the legal rights, duties and powers of one nation state in relation to its dealings with other nation states. These rights, duties and powers are set out in international treaties or conventions. Such treaties and conventions may be global in their application or restricted to certain regions of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...public sector organisations. This free course begins by explaining why information security and its management are important for any modern organisation and to every individual. You need to be familiar with an organisation, such as your employer, to study this course...Information security underpins the commercial viability and profitability of enterprises of all sizes...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...public transport and street maps: how do they affect your life?...Cars have sat nav systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn. This free course, Why maps are made, looks at how we read and evaluate the information in maps and assesses the values embedded within them. From...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs