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Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...world, young people’s mental health and wellbeing is at risk. Indeed, media headlines warn of a global mental health crisis. In 2020, the Children’s Society reported that one in six children aged between 5 and 16 years of age globally suffer from a mental health problem. 50% of all mental health problems begin by the age of 14 and 75% of young people with a mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...world are in a race…to attract the human capital that will allow them to thrive in a global economy. Becoming a more welcoming place for immigrants gives us a leg up in that competition and helps us retain talented people of all backgrounds.” Shared Values “Our community was built by immigrants - hard-working people, our parents and grandparents, who believed in the...
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Article 15 mins
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...world in Perryman, L., Buckler, A. and Seal, T. (2014) Learning from TESS-India’s approach to OER localisation across multiple Indian states . This explores the challenges of repurposing OER to meet the needs of India’s teacher educators, and shows how the context in which OER are to be used can affect the ways in which they are repurposed. D’Antoni, S. and Savage,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...World Nuclear Association, undated, p. 21). Given that nuclear has low operating costs (fuel accounts for only about five per cent of total costs) economies in capital investment could make a big difference to its competitiveness. Uranium reserves are reasonably assured and only in the event of a major expansion of nuclear energy worldwide is there likely to be pressure...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...world is merely an illusion. What he’s doing, in effect, is waging a war against reality – which is almost precisely what commentators are now accusing Trump of doing over the governance of the country. Transcript Donald Trump As president of the United States. Lady Fookes Maybe people are more used to hearing or seeing people lying because we have the example over...
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Video 5 mins
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...world – but Amos contends that one of the singular properties of certain comedy “when done well” is the freedom to explore ideas in an unconventional or counterintuitive way, to subvert society’s norms. The research backs this up. Although the role of comedy is to be entertaining first and foremost, through interviewing comedians, Sharon Lockyer, a sociology...
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Article 10 mins
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...world, really, unfortunately, and how that really impacts particularly on a young person's sense of identity as they grow up. It's really crucial that we provide a safe space where they can discuss how that feels, where they can share that in a safe space with other people who may be going through a similar experience, so that that can be managed, and they can really...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...world to describe the creation of music. But are they really two distinct processes, or are they aspects of the same phenomenon? In this free course, Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective, we will explore the relationship between the two using examples of Asian music to help us clarify the concepts...Improvisation and composition are words frequently...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs