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Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch
Society, Politics & Law

Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch

...social magnitude that separated the monarch from the public in 1952 has shrunk, although taboos about touching the monarch and what can be said or worn in her presence persist. At the same time, Elizabeth II’s reign has been the most globally public in British history. Physically, she has been seen to be more accessible to the people than ever before. “I have to be...
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Article 10 mins
Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys
Society, Politics & Law

Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys

...working together, and were interested in continuing to highlight salient, and often controversial issues around citizenship and migration using the medium of participatory, experiential art and technology. They both thought that the medium offered audiences a different level of engagement – one that enabled them to explore difficult social and political issues in less...
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Activity 30 mins
What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...work effectively in cities, there is growing concern that the urban fabric may need to become a little like factories. [A driverless shuttle bus on the street.]Show descriptionFigure 2: Autonomous shuttle test. Although a driver had to be present during the demonstration for purposes of safety, this was a hands-free role as AI was in control of the shuttle. Also, if AI is...
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Article 5 mins
Club v Country: The psychology of switching support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club v Country: The psychology of switching support

...work are not nearly so straightforward. However, ‘in-group/out-group’ is a powerful psychological phenomenon. Research has found that group membership can drive hostility and conflict even when there is no history of interaction between the groups and even when the groups are randomly assigned according to meaningless categories. For example, a famous series of...
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Article 5 mins
Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...work at desks seek out these raw experiences. Then they share their achievements on social media (Bailey, 2017). As well as being a way for people to experience danger in a safe society the success of Tough Mudder can be assessed in other ways and one way is to see it as a means to monetise extreme events. The Tough Mudder brand was valued at over £100m in 2017 and has...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...working in, and serving, their communities for the common good. Emily - Magistrate [Emily] “The more people in the community are represented, the better decisions are made.” Before becoming a magistrate, Emily had never been a volunteer, but was looking for an opportunity to do something meaningful in her community, as well as something that would be challenging and...
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Article 5 mins
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...work. Doctors, social workers, nurses and teachers are all supposed to be what are known as reflective practitioners. This means that they are supposed to learn from what went well, and from their mistakes, to ensure that they become better at what they do. The need for such reflection actually applies to a very wide range of work. Would you like to have your car fixed by...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...social circumstances prevented them from working full-time (Citizens Advice Bureau, 2005). The article reprinted in Box 1 indicates the extent of the political unrest with a system that left families relying on food parcels, and that has been variously described as being ‘in chaos’ and ‘shambolic’. Such problems have become a familiar story and the steady stream...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs