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What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...three components. This was seen as a result of the reflective approach adopted; defining the rationale behind each activity, developing clarity around what works and what doesn’t, and ensuring that these are appropriate to age and skills of individual mentors. Ever thought of volunteering? Try our badged open course Find out more about working with young people here...
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Coronavirus: The Lowdown
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: The Lowdown

...Helpful links: World Health Organization GOV.UK NHS Coronavirus: What about mental health? These are times of uncertainty and the relentless bad news, activity on social media, and misinformation being spread can cause anxiety. These free resources can help you if you're feeling like your mental health is taking a turn for the worse. Free courses on infectious disease...
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The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice

...courses and qualifications [Thomas Coryat] In Renaissance Europe, Jews were seen as a threat to Christianity. Jews had been evicted from England in the 1290s, and were forced out of many other European states in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In those few places where they were tolerated, such as Venice, it was under sufferance, and only because they were useful....
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Did Harry Potter’s extracurricular activities land him a job at the Ministry of Magic?
Education & Development

Did Harry Potter’s extracurricular activities land him a job at the Ministry of Magic?

...the qualifications he obtained at Hogwarts. Being able to articulate his experiences outside school are what makes Harry stand out to his employer, making him such a great example of employability. This article was written with significant input from Martha (aged 11) and Flora (aged 7). Want to be as employable as Harry Potter? Try our FREE courses and explainer videos...
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The lifelong political engagement of the Silent Generation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The lifelong political engagement of the Silent Generation

...courses and qualifications. Ageing isn’t easy and it is often made more difficult by a society that values its citizens in terms of their economic contribution. Retirement can bring with it a sense of personal loss of the reputation, status and income associated with employment. It may also be accompanied by society’s loss of interest in the opinions of its oldest...
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Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...courses and qualifications. I have been working in the realms of everyday community creativity and diversity for a while now. When I began to experience symptoms 16 years ago, I found myself needing new strategies and knowledge in order to improve my experience of daily life. At first it did not occur to me to connect my creative practice (largely singing) with this...
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Business Bursts: Supply chain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Supply chain

...course we can’t hold that volume of stock on site; we can’t react from our stores in order to be able to build that variety, our suppliers have to help us. They have to be just as flexible as we are, being able to supply to our customer requirements in the order that we pull it. That means that they have to be able to call different production schedules and different...
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Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?

...course, that Trumpism doesn’t make an unexpected come-back at some stage. But even if the term itself does dwindle in popularity, what isn’t likely to diminish is the impact of the phenomenon it originally described. The issues of how reliable information gets pushed out by false information, of how news reporting can be corrupted by propaganda, of how we manage the...
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