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Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...change. Our project complements this. We talked to carers and they told us about how difficult it is to find information about local services and about the health conditions of the people they are caring for. This is especially true when people become a carer initially as often this is in response to a sudden crisis in the life of a relative or friend and people report...
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Article 10 mins
Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up
History & The Arts

Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up

...are conducted on-line. No surprise then, that Jediism is moving with the times and using new technology. In short, Jediism is a symptom of our changing relationships with big institutions and their narratives, with technology and with the neighbourhoods and localities in which we live. Welcome to the world of new religions. Transcript Learn more about Religious Studies...
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Article 5 mins
Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...G.E. (eds) Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, Berkeley: University of California Press. Tremlett, P.-F. (2020) Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change: Sovereignties and Disruptions, Bloomsbury: London. Williams, F. E. (1977) ‘The Vailala Madness’ and Other Essays. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. More related free resources...
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Video 20 mins
CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...climate shocks or displacement. Academic recovery alone is not enough. To thrive, children must also rebuild their confidence, reconnect socially, and develop the resilience and agency to keep learning in the face of adversity. This two minute video presents a summary: In general, resilience in education can be understood as students’ ability to recover from adversity,...
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Article 5 mins
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...change at a time and tested each new product on his father who had rheumatism, until in 1898 he arrived at a product that was as effective as salicylic acid, but lacked the severe irritation and taste problems. This new material was given the name aspirin and, after further clinical trials was manufactured and marketed by the company Bayer, as the first medicinal drug to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...change was implemented; or assess the effect of a policing intervention – by testing the impact of a new initiative in a specific context or exploring the possible consequences of a change in policing. Evidence-based policing does not provide definitive answers that officers and staff should apply uncritically. Officers and staff will reflect on their practice, consider...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...changed.) Once you have compiled a list, see if you can separate your observations into positive and negative attributes. For example, if you associate law with ‘tradition’ do you see this as being a positive attribute or a negative one? Table 1 Your positive and negative observations of law POSITIVE NEGATIVE Words: 0 Discussion [Photo of two judges. They are both...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...changes across time. These and alternative measures of wellbeing will be discussed further in this course. Whether you felt this was a fair representation of the UK might depend on your own experiences and those of young people you know. There are frequent media reports claiming the mental or physical health of children and young people today is getting worse and their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs