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Practitioner research
Education & Development

Practitioner research

...approach their work? Working with specific groups of people What factors should you consider when working with particular demographics? Being a good researcher Being a successful researcher requires rigor and discipline Analysis Analysis of a subject can often be a stumbling block for researchers Write up and Dissemination How does one keep track of the original question?...
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Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...work with donors and supporters has to tackle some apparently irreconcilable demands. To be effective you must be able to relate to each and every donor and supporter as a unique individual while managing your work with them en masse. You must be able to construct forms of communication with donors which are both mass produced and personalised. You must provide...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone
Society, Politics & Law

The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone

...working in a modern corporate firm. One of the main characters, Harvey Specter, dresses impeccably in an expensive designer suit and expects others around him to do the same. The lawyers in the firm are hugely ambitious, work late into the night (we rarely see them away from the office) and demand excellence in everything they do. For these professionals, work is life....
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When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...social media. Amid discussions of whether or not it was ethical to post, tweet, and share such a heart-wrenching image, The New York Times rightly noted that the powerful image has spurred international public attention to a crisis that has been ongoing for years. As Anne Barnard and Karam Shoumali noted: “Once again, it is not the sheer size of the
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How can the Hajj be made safer?
History & The Arts

How can the Hajj be made safer?

...social identity approach, which suggests a distinction between physical crowds (where people are simply in one place) and psychological crowds (where people in a physical crowd share a common self-definition – a social identity). A group of people at an event may all see themselves and each other as Muslims, Manchester United supporters, or music lovers, for example....
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Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...work through the course, you will notice that this area of enquiry has developed its own semi-technical vocabulary. The plural of ‘person’ is, in this area of enquiry, ‘persons’ rather than ‘people’. It is easy to see the reason for this. The question ‘What are people?’ is potentially confusing. It could mean ‘What is it to be a people (as opposed to...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...social and economic impacts of these technologies? Discussion The work has led to scientists developing methods to: Detect prostate cancer by ‘smell’, with the potential to perform more accurate diagnoses, thereby saving lives and expenditure in the National Health Service (NHS). Patients, carers and medical professionals, in particular, could benefit from the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Are you driven to distraction?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you driven to distraction?

...work effectively at the same time? If you ever need to make your vehicle a mobile office, by having hands free phone conversations, how confident are you that neither your work, nor your driving suffers? ...Take our interactive to find out how well you perform when trying to spot hazards and keep track of a work call. Turn up your sound and select here to begin the...
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