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Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...change people’s ability to eat healthily through policy and building public understanding about how the food we eat is affected by entire food systems rather than by individuals. You will also listen to Professor of Law at the University of Liverpool, Amandine Garde, who discusses how using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to invoke child rights...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...change from story to story. She is one of the founders of a festival for crime writers in Scotland called ‘Bloody Scotland’. LIN ANDERSON Yeah, how do I create a baddie and how do they emerge in my imagination? I don’t normally pre-plan the villain. I come to a realisation of who the villain is via the evidence of the crime that’s been committed. As this is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...change the language you use, level of detail you share etc. When talking to a senior manager, you might choose to highlight some of the key skills required to complete your activity or outline the successes you have had. For a child, you would simplify the information and perhaps try to entertain them with a funny story. This approach is equally relevant when dealing with...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...change. Being aware of this and responding accordingly is, therefore, key to the success of the librarian’s role and their library. All who work in school libraries, whatever their level of qualification, will benefit from learning about ways in which they can ensure their library provision is current and relevant. By ensuring your library’s strategies and policies...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...do relate to Sands. Maybe the real name policy will never create, for you, an inconvenience or a life-changing experience of risk and fear. But it is clear that Facebook's technologies and policies have a long way to go before they can fully understand and appreciate the responsibility that they carry when they decide to dictate what and who is “real” in the world....
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Article 5 mins
10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music." The company has been valued at over $8 billion. So much for an 'experiment', Taylor. Think Taylor Swift is the only pop star against Spotify? Explore Adele's impact in this article _Is Adele's decision to keep 25 off Spotify going to change the music industry?_...
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Article 10 mins
Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...changed by overseas hackers? Probably not. Certainly, there will be periodic and likely very minor errors, glitches, and hiccups in the overall election process – there almost always are. The media will report on them, social media will amplify them, and certain candidatesor their supporters might use those reports as evidence of a larger conspiracy and evidence of a...
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Article 5 mins
The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...change Trump’s thinking, but it could draw moderate conservatives and liberals together. To do otherwise is to invite conservative resentment and a politics of unreason. Few issues polarize like Trump’s Wall and Muslim immigration. Back in January, during the Republican primary, the American National Election Study (ANES) asked Americans whether they favoured Syrian...
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Article 5 mins