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Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...articles on the relationship between faith and the natural world, I give huge numbers of public talks, run workshops, so general outreach stuff as well as programme making. Future developments in natural history… What I’ll be doing over the next 5 to 10 years I’ve no idea! What I think is happening is that the national conversation about natural history is turning...
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Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...article, Rebecca Winthrop, Director for the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institute, explains that in developed countries the education levels of the adult workforce – often measured by average numbers of years of school – is nearly double that of their developing country peers. [Described image] Figure 8 With business as usual, over 1.6 billion...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...et al., 2015). Children who did not conform to the expected norms of behaviour were often marginalised from society, punished harshly and labelled in pejorative ways. The next section includes a timeline of some of the key events relating to societal views and developments in relation to children’s mental health. The sources used for this timeline include historical...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...et al., 2014). Similarly, practice can vary between different types of practitioners. Some psychiatrists who have medical training might take more account of social factors than others. Some community psychiatric nurses focus on monitoring medication and others on more psychological approaches such as specific forms of talking or behavioural therapy. However, while some...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...et al.: Rutterford, J, Maltby, J., Green, D. R., and Owens, A. (2009) ‘Researching shareholding and investment in England and Wales: Approaches, sources and methods’, Accounting History, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 269–292. The project was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council Grant. The study collects primary data from historical archives in order to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...article: W.E.B. Du Bois: A man for all times? A free OpenLearn course: The American civil rights movement You can now go to Session 1...Course introduction: References - Du Bois, W.E.B. (1903) The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. Also available online: https://www.gutenberg.org/ files/ 408/ 408-h/ 408-h.htm#chap01 (Accessed: 4 November 2021)...Course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...et al. (2019) show just how prevalent the idea of the leader as person is in the narratives of UK policy documents and academic writing about the sector. There is a good reason for this, as it is often people with great belief, talent and drive who establish successful voluntary organisations in the first place. Another reason why people are bewitched by leaders is that...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...et al. (2008) distinguished between horizontal and vertical transitions by linking them to specific activities. Horizontal transitions occur on a daily or regular basis and usually refer to movement or a change in routine. Horizontal transitions describe activities such as children going from the classroom to the playground (a movement) or taking part in the annual sports...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs