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Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...et al. (2018) who argue for the use of assets-based approaches which ‘value the resources that exist in the community and build on the strengths and affordances of communities’. They further argue that ‘a strong assets-based approach that emphasises and values the experience of community members is an effective way to empower communities to make positive change’....
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...significant things should be observed, analysed and explained to others (see Pryke et al., 2003). Of course, there are different ways of thinking about theory itself. For many researchers and thinkers, ‘theory’ is not simply a set of operations and assumptions that are brought to an exterior reality, as if from beyond. Working with theory, couching new theories or modifying received theory are all seen as practices: they ......
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...institutional responses to enacting leadership that support the involvement of all. Recognising the calls for collaboration and ongoing development of practice, students will be supported to explore the experiences of practitioners, managers and learners working alongside others and how they might develop their own capacity in this regard. The course will look towards...
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...et al., 2009) identified 60 definitions of innovation in organisations alone. In part, at least, these differences are a result of the differing concerns of different academic disciplines, the perspectives of different stakeholders in the innovation process and the different contexts in which innovation is considered. Thus, for example, an economist may be concerned with...
Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Institute for Environmental Science and Research, based in Christchurch. In 2011, Wendy returned with her family to the UK. “Nowadays I work as a volunteer gardener, coordinating other volunteers, have been called “a raving environmentalist” because I advocated for the wildlife in two cemetery projects where the groups were removing natural habitats in order to...
Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology
Science, Maths & Technology

Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology

...Institute, who is working on the modelling of social and communication aspects on the population spread of COVID-19, in particular, the spread of misinformation around COVID-19 among the public. Dr. Helen Wimalarathna - a lecturer in health sciences, who works as an infectious disease epidemiologist, and is currently busy with public engagement on the understanding of...
Introducing Religions
History & The Arts

Introducing Religions

...institution Everyday Jewish life Leslie and Irene Lancaster on the everyday life of a Jewish family. Greek orthodox Holy communion Holy communion in the Greek orthodox church Three different Sikh temples Comparing three very different Sikh temples or Gurudwaras, beginning with the most important shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar The importance of music in Sikhism On...
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...institutions associated with crime and criminal justice systems...This free course, Introduction to critical criminology, provides a brief introduction to critical criminological thinking. It defines the ways in which critical criminologists take a 'critical stance' on the fundamental concepts, practices and institutions associated with crime and criminal justice...