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What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...systems where ‘intermediate’ or mixed racial categories are formally recognised as separate races. The third criterion I’ll turn to is self-awareness of ancestry. This is different from what someone’s actual ancestry is. For example, individuals might have one idea of what their ancestry is before taking a DNA ancestry test, and another after receiving the...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...system Communication with others Documents that set out formal arrangements, often with sanctions if not adhered to Diagrams/drawings/mapping Texts that illustrate a process or relationships, often accompanying other documentation Documents when working with clients Documents often completed whilst with clients, often to aid interaction/inform decisions Meeting-related...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...system (big idea). Young children may play with parachutes and observe that they ‘slow down’ a falling object (small idea). Older children will learn about the gravitational and air resistance forces involved in this interaction (big idea). Children can develop ‘small ideas’ as steps towards the bigger ones. Braund and Leigh (2013) argued that in this way, adults...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...system, only at sub-second speeds. Just as the postal service enables people to send one another envelopes containing messages, the internet enables computers to send one another small packets of digital data. (BBC, 2014) Almost all adults (91%) in the UK use the internet and adults with disabilities are increasing their use of the internet too (78% of those with reported...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...systems in multinational companies (MNCs), or you might have a pressing work issue you want to address, like why the career progression of women in the construction industry is slower than that of men in the same industry. Alternatively, your sponsoring organisation might like you to carry out a specific project that will benefit the organisation itself, for example, it...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...systems. [Described image] Figure 3 A diversity of species can be found (a) in natural systems and (b) on a dinner plate . Although your food is usually sourced from many locations – and hence your diet is unlikely to represent the biodiversity of a particular area – it is a useful way to explore relationships between different living things. It is also important to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...system in terms of ‘the efficacy of these practices in regulating behaviour in socially desirable ways’ (VI:2). This is not wrong (the consequences of our system of punishment do matter), but it is inadequate. The optimist should realize that determinism should not lead us to take the objective attitude, and that our treatment, for example, of offenders expresses our...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...systems, yet is often so hard to successfully implement outline a personal change management strategy and apply suitable tools to ensure successful implementation...Lead and manage change in health and social care: 1 How do you handle change? - Change comes in a variety of guises, and the way we approach and handle it differs from person to person. In Activity 1, you will...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs