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Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...based on the earlier primary sources. More often than not, the ancient source is primary, and the modern source or better, modern scholarship, is secondary. However, it is worth keeping in mind that you might find an ancient source that itself depends upon an even earlier ancient source. The later source will then be both primary and secondary simultaneously: primary...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...based, the term hospital acquired infection was used. Welsh Healthcare Associated Infection Programme, 2011. Infections can have physical, social and psychological impacts on the service user and their carer. In addition, the financial cost to individuals in terms of personal income, and to care providers, can be astronomical – although some reduction in related costs...
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Article 1 hr
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...de la Photographie, Bordas S.A., Paris. Collection Michel Frizot; Figure 3: Peter Hamilton, 1997; Figure 4: Courtesy of Barclay's Bank plc and J. Walter Thompson plc; Figures 5 & 7: James Ravilious/Beaford Archive; Figure 6: Susan Hamilton; Figure 8: Joe Rosenthal, © Associated Press; Figure 9: Hulton Getty Picture Collection; Figure 10: Martin Parr/Magnum. Don't miss...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...based on the account of a woman in her 80s, but she vividly recalls the experience of this period of her life. [This is a black-and-white photograph of a group of children at a train station.] Figure 3 Evacuee children in the Second World War Case study: Sheila Sheila is 6, she is an only child and she lives with her mum. Until recently, they lived in a small house known...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...basing it on? Are you taking account of external factors such as the time you have or the circumstances in which you study? Are you basing your judgement on your own evaluation of your intellectual capacities? Do energy, enthusiasm and commitment come into the evaluation? Comment Activity 1 is the first of several such activities. It is an example of a pattern of...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...based here access because they needed to get important pieces of post, that kind of stuff. But we also needed to make sure that the community and everything people were getting that wasn't physical space from this all went online. Now, the hub has evolved and grown to respond to what people need post-pandemic. So people need to be way more flexible. So they're going to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...based on group characteristics in deciding whom to employ. Institutional economists, on the other hand, believe that the causes of labour market disadvantage are structural, built into the institutions of the economy, therefore effort has to be put into tackling the low pay and poor working conditions of secondary labour market jobs. Competition alone will not do this,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...base action, a practical philosophy or an agenda. So, Kaupapa Māori means that the research or practice in question is guided by Māori ways of thinking and being. Kaupapa Māori psychology is a thriving field in several universities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kaupapa Māori approaches have been influential in many fields and adopted into government policy and practice in...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs