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The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...changes radically according to the target age group. Toys on the ground floor are aimed at infants, and then at progressively older children on each higher floor, ending with toys designed for tweens or early teens. On the ground floor, stuffed toys predominate, with anthropomorphised animals posed so as to invite cuddles, often with human-like smiles and wide-eyed...
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Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?
Nature & Environment

Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?

...changing attitudes. J.C. Daniels, in his book on leopards, describes an incident in Madhya Pradesh in the 1950s showcasing tolerance taken to an extreme. A tiger killed a young boy and the half-eaten corpse was found a day later. The boy’s father left instructions” “Leave the body; the boy is anyway dead, at least let the tiger eat a full meal.” Such 'tolerance'...
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Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...change things (Holman Jones, 2005, p. 763). Storytelling becomes a form of resistance. Patricia Hill Collins speaks of the ‘outsider-within’ status of Black women in institutions, a position that grants unique insight into how systems function (and fail) for those they were not designed to serve (Collins, 1986). As Black mothers raising autistic children, Claire and I...
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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...change with the seasons, how the smells meet your nose, or how the temperature feels on your skin. Really appreciate being part of that particular moment. Five reasons to care about mindfulness From the video, you will have learned that mindfulness is about focusing on the present moment and accepting your feelings, thoughts and bodily sensations. It is something that we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...change seems to align to some extent with the update to the DSM − although DSM-5 does not include a diagnostic category for MADD, 'the specifier "with anxious distress" has been added to depressive and bipolar disorders, and thus patients presenting with co-morbid, subsyndromal, equally important anxiety and depressive symptoms may be coded to be suffering from "Other...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...changing environments. In the term ‘eco crime’, we see these meanings combined with those of ‘crime’, which originates from crimen (to accuse, injure, harm –Pavlich, 2000), to create a term which describes the injuries or harms to habitat (Walters, 2010a). Key features of Green Criminology Focuses on eco crimes – harms to humans, non-humans and the natural...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...changed since the last time you noticed them – maybe the wall colour has faded. Some things will not be quite as you thought they were – maybe you didn't remember the door handle being made of metal. It is useful to do this sort of perceptual exercise at regular intervals. In this way you will revive the way you see the world – by de-familiarising your perceptions...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...change the group rules? You can have a discussion in the group about it, but you should lead it. If you end up going down the rabbit hole of people saying, why did you delete my post? And then you try and explain it and then say, ah, but you’re not allowing free speech. And you know, it can just get a bit unpleasant. So I’d have that as a policy. I wouldn’t be too...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs