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Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...work. In general, empathy is when you make yourself vulnerable to share the feelings of another, and you listen without judgement: for example, ‘Can you tell me how this feels for you?’. On your journey to building empathy skills, you might discover that you are actually being sympathetic rather than empathetic – be aware that they are different. When building...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...work and for their support in promoting the importance of access to education in prisons. The development of this course was supported by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and through collaboration with Prisoners’ Education Trust. It is strongly recommended for the professional development of anyone working in prisons or criminal justice, as well as...
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...working in some of these different disciplinary backgrounds make sense of a similar topic in different ways. The course will conclude by considering the place of critical criminology within the social sciences...This free course, Critical criminology and the social sciences, will provide you with an insight into some of the main disciplines within the social sciences,...
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...work and the ways in which herbivores are adapted to survive on their plant-based diets. To get the most out of this course you will need access to a copy of The Life of Mammals (2002) by David Attenborough, BBC Books (ISBN 0563534230), and The Life of Mammals (2002) on DVD, which contains the associated series of ten BBC TV programmes. You should begin each course by...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...work to occupy their time, formed a Ladies Association the members of which would visit, dispense advice, and give religious instruction, and laid down new rules policing prisoners’ behaviour. After winning the support of the inmates, in April 1817 Fry invited the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and City Aldermen to the female side of Newgate secure their approval for the project....
PY Gerbeau on the business of football
Money & Business

PY Gerbeau on the business of football

...work." Find out more about the business of football with this free OpenLearn course. Individual football clubs have to survive in a competitive market – competition for players, competition for TV income, competition against other leisure activities. Promotion to the Premier league is the biggest incentive of all: this can boost club income by up to £10m a year....
Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...work, while private hospitals in some parts of the world have decided to close or work in a limited way during the pandemic. Finally, reports have suggested that some women might also be reluctant to deliver in hospital due to the fear of contracting COVID-19. While data needs to be collected to understand the scale of COVID-19’s impact, early evidence from India...
Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...worked. ALICE ROBERTS If you’ve got corrosion inside the cable, that’s weakening it from the inside? ALASTAIR ANDREW It is weakening the cable but the cable is perfectly safe at the moment. But, if we cannot stop that corrosion, the predictions are that we will have to stop heavy goods vehicles using the bridge in 2014 and, ultimately, close the bridge by 2019. ALICE...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr