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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...World mindful: taking time for what matters Pick one audio practice from one of these apps or websites, and have a go at a mindfulness meditation. When you’re finished, think of three words or short phrases that describe what the experience was like for you and enter them in the text box below. There are no right or wrong answers; just write what it was like for you....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...world of the twenty-first century, such endeavours have become central to the critical enterprise. To this end, notions of a ‘supranational criminology’ (Smeulers and Haveman, 2008) have been developed. This area of critical criminology is concerned with the study of international crimes, harms, and violations that have an impact on a mass or global scale – for...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...World Health Organisation, who on their Patient Safety Day 2023 recognised the ‘crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of health care. Evidence shows that when patients are treated as partners in their care, significant gains are made in safety, patient satisfaction and health outcomes’ (Paisley, 2023). Like parents/carers, nurses recognise...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...world. Activity 1 Is the wellbeing of children and young people in the UK in crisis? Timing: Allow about 45 minutes Read the article ‘Children in the UK the least happy they have been in a decade says report’ (Weaver, 2019), bearing in mind the following questions: In what ways does this article define or discuss wellbeing? Do you think wellbeing is different from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...world, with mixed results. More recently, the mass production paradigm has been replaced, but there is as yet no single approach to managing operations that has become similarly dominant. The different approaches for managing operations that are currently popular include: Flexible specialisation (Piore and Sabel, 1984) in which firms (especially small firms) focus on...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...world. They require a degree of mental effort to bridge the gap between them and the aspects of the ‘real’ world they stand for. Approach them slowly and with care, allowing yourself time to get the feel of what you are looking at. Don't assume you already know what you are looking at...Reading evidence: 1.2.4 Stage 2: Find a way in - It's easy to be distracted by the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...world of classical music is. [Described image] This week, you will reflect on how we got into this situation, including the historical exclusion of women composers from the classical music canon and music education, issues accessing scores of their compositions, and financial nervousness around programming works with which audiences might be unfamiliar. You will then turn...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...World : Management and managerialism (Payne, 2009), pp. 143–5 and pp. 153–6 Strategic planning and leadership (Payne, 2009), pp.183–4. Then, to gain a deeper understanding of management and leadership theories, read the following book chapter: Leading, managing, caring This is by Simons and Lomax and appears in Mackian, S. and Simons J. (eds) Leading, Managing,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs