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The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...human rights. Monica was appointed to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission from 2005 to 2011 where, as Chief Commissioner, she led the discussions with civil society groups and political parties in drafting the advice on a Bill of Rights as mandated by the peace agreement. Monica is Emeritus Professor in the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University and...
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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...resource that should be utilised more, but also a place of anxiety: student perspectives on using an online discussion forum’. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning. doi: 10.1080/02680513.2019.1644159. Available at: www.tandfonline.com/ doi/ full/ 10.1080/ 02680513.2019.1644159 (Accessed: 6 July 2020)...Session 1: Forums as you see them:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...human participants. It will sensitise you to issues that a researcher should consider to support ethical and well-justified decision-making. A wide variety of research scenarios will be used to stimulate individual reflection and discussion on the course forum, participation in which, together with successful completion of quizzes, will contribute to gaining a digital...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...resources within the child, the family, their community and wider society that can help children to develop ensuring good overall mental health. It is important to highlight that contemporary Western views about children and mental health are not going to be held globally; some cultures as well as religions hold beliefs that mean they do not recognise mental health issues...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...human samples for disease; the TB-sniffing rats of Tanzania are the only animal disease-detectives in routine use. When medics first hear about the programme, they are often sceptical about the idea of using rats rather than machines, says Christophe Cox, CEO of Apopo, the Belgian-based organisation behind the project. But then they are shown the case detection data. The...
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Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...humanity. Young people with few good-quality relationships in their lives often find that entering into informal relationships with adults who respect, accept, like and really listen to them is a new life experience. These relationships can offer the young people new perspectives on approaching, developing and managing quality relationships of their own. This free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...human communication...Language and creativity: 1 Defining creativity - The terms ‘creativity’ and ‘creative’ are used in a variety of contexts. There are creative artists, thinkers, writers, designers and entrepreneurs; there can be creative talent, ideas, processes and minds. Creativity can be boundless and spontaneous, but it needs to be unleashed, fostered,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...human and material damage during the 1990s war. Now the ordinary people bringing food, coffee and water to the refugees admit their compassion is based on their own memories. “We ourselves experienced this all, but we didn’t have to walk such a long way,” one resident from Tovarnik, a town on the border with Serbia, recently told Croatian Television. There was even...
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