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An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...resources for social care and social workers across the UK. While these videos explore the work of social workers in England, the role is broadly similar across the UK, except that in Scotland there is a third key area that social workers may work in, and that is as a Criminal Justice Social Worker. Whilst you are watching think about your preconceptions of what social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...human interactions including communications, decision making and relationship building. Your beliefs and values are a key feature of who you are as a nurse. In your role as a nurse, you need to understand your beliefs and values so you can ensure you deliver professional, non-judgemental care to those who need it. Activity 4 Exploring your beliefs In each scenario below...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...resources to answer the interactive questions on finch population distributions. During their migratory journeys, birds encounter extremes of temperature, storms, changes in altitude and shortage of food and water. Birds have evolved a suite of remarkable physiological adaptations to deal with these changes in the external environment. Before discussing some of these...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...resource and a learning tool. It is a space to archive your notes, ideas, critical thinking, as well as reflection on your study and research skills development. To ensure your research diary is an effective learning tool: write in it regularly, even if entries are sometimes short use questions or prompts to help you focus on the task you need to complete think about...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...humans care less about our departed loved ones. Philippe Ariès, a French historian, famously claimed that this reduction in the rituals that used to surround death in traditional communities is caused by, and implicitly is causing, an inability to deal with the death of our loved ones. So, what do we modern humans do about life’s big transitions, and what does this...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...humans are not always so inherently logical or rational. While we may think that our decision making processes are based on logic and optimising outcomes, the reality is somewhat different...Week 4: Problem solving and decision making: 3.2 A psychological perspective - Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalising animal. Robert A Heinlein None of us has infinite...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Children’s wellbeing and creativity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children’s wellbeing and creativity

...human happiness, contentment and feelings of wellbeing. More contemporary discussions about wellbeing cross over many academic disciplines, spanning philosophy, psychology, sociology and anthropology. The psychologist Ed Diener (1984) proposed a model of subjective wellbeing which described how individuals think about and evaluate their life satisfaction based on positive...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Grant (AH/S011587/1) and led by a research team from The Open University (OU) and undertaken in partnership with Public Health England and The Folklore Society. Our thanks to all the volunteer researchers and participants in the Reproductive Bodylore project....Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction: Introduction - Do you...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs