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Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...climate and atmosphere, hidden agendas, inclusion and exclusion, often indicated by non-verbal behaviour. Imagine that content, method and process are a boat: Content is the crew taking control of the task in hand. Methods are the sails that allow the ship to move towards its destination. Process is the hold of the ship: most of it is beneath the waterline but unless the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 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
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
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
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...change in organisations mean that the jobs for which people are recruited often change. Consequently, organisations may be interested in potential beyond the immediate job, and people have the capacity to influence the organisation's performance beyond the boundaries of their own jobs. Increasingly, it is seen as important to ensure that there is also a fit between the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 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
Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...fall behind, often leading to negative attitudes, poor self-efficacy, and disengagement. We need to stop allowing those around us, in our lives and in the media, to make such negative statements about mathematics – if we don’t take a stand things will never change.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?
Society, Politics & Law

How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?

...changed course again, ending up in an almost prophetic vein with a string of new metaphors: “now arrives the hour of action”, “we stand at the birth of new millennium”, “a new national pride will stir ourselves, lift our sights and heal our divisions”. Trace the progression of these central metaphors and you see an interesting progression. First come the...
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