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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...Communication - open up conversations about any worries they might have Be honest – sometimes you may need specialist help to protect your child Consider also contacting one of the key charities working to protect children such as Barnardos, The Children's Society or the NSPCC as well as any local agencies that may be able to help. The sooner you get advice the quicker...
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Video 5 mins
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...community. Whiteness was a widespread, self-styled form of transnational racial identification, an explicit and deliberate mode of subjective identification that crossed national borders and shaped global politics. It has only relatively recently lost its voice and come to be seen as the defining characteristic of political extremism, the atavistic trademark of the...
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Video 30 mins
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...communicating information have a time-honoured history – from the clay tokens used in Mesopotamia to mechanical calculating machines. The invention of the digital computer has boosted the scale, speed and reach with which thinking tools extend our natural capabilities. This free course, Digital thinking tools for better decision making, starts by placing thinking tools...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...communicate scientific numbers, relate them to the real world, and share your discoveries with other learners. Requirements This course is intended for anyone with an interest in numbers and making scientific observations. It does not require mathematical skills or any previous experience of studying the subject. There are no special requirements for this course but you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...community safety and crime detection. A doctor will listen to a young person primarily to make a diagnosis. A counsellor will listen to a young person primarily to help them explore a personal issue. A friend will listen to a young person to show they are a friend, that someone is interested in them and to further their friendship. As someone working with young people,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...communities. Woman It’s not something that I really kind of like to discuss too much. I think, when it comes to politics, a lot of stuff gets said, but nothing really gets done. And when it does come on the telly, I kind of just switch off, to be honest, because I just feel like the world is going round in circles, and we end up in the same place as we were. So we are....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...community or society’ (Knight, 1992, p. 2). Compliance to those rules is enforced through known incentives or sanctions. In other words, institutions are the norms, rules, habits, customs and routines (both formal and written, or, more often, informal and internalised) which govern society at large. They influence the function, structure and behaviour of organisations...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...community, and it has received the support of many people and organisations which considered the idea of a unified modelling language a valuable one. UML was then submitted for standardisation to the Object Management Group (OMG), a consortium of several large software companies that produces and maintains computer industry specifications. UML was formally adopted in...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs