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Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...world situations, observing animals in their natural habitats (known as ethology). It is widely accepted in psychology that the brain is the part of the body where the functions that involve the ‘mind’ take place. Everything you experience, feel, think, dream, remember, imagine and decide happens in your brain (although certain philosophers have questioned this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...world as shown in Figure 1. [This is a map of the world with each continent shown in a different colour. Prevalence estimates are: North America 6-7% from 32 studies; South America 4-19% from 32 studies; Europe 4-6% from 32 studies; Africa 1-16% from 4 studies, Asia 3-5% from 15 studies and Oceania 1-8% from 6 studies.] Figure 1 The worldwide estimated prevalence of ADHD...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...World War more than 1,600 had qualified and were practising – more than the combined number of qualified women throughout the rest of Europe (Bonner, 1992, p.78). [Figure 4 Women medical students, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 1897–8. Women students were finally admitted to Edinburgh University in 1892, but they were taught separately from the men. This group photograph...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...world … [Gareth Dunn, Edinburgh] Couldn't have happened to a better collection, the works of Emin and Hirst in particular. I have always thought the rubbish produced by these people would make a good bonfire. We are continually insulted by these people who tell us that if we don't love and appreciate these works then we must be stupid. I, for one, remember the fairy...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...world. As the working day finishes in one location, so the team’s work is passed on to the next location, where the working day is just beginning. The matrix team Matrix structures are often found in project teams. In a matrix team, individual staff report to different managers for different aspects of their work. Staff will be responsible to the project manager for...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...world. Jeremiah Fitzpatrick was an energetic man and has often been called ‘the second Howard’. Through his efforts, many Irish prisons were built or reformed (Butler, 2016, p. 727). As well as efforts to reform prisons, the use of imprisonment as a punishment underwent a significant transformation. In the 1700s, sentences of imprisonment were used relatively...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...World War II, an experimental submarine sank while being tested, killing 99 sailors. When a claim was brought against the shipbuilders, the House of Lords upheld a certificate from the government that it would damage national security if the designs for the submarine were disclosed. This meant that the plans could not be used as evidence (Duncan v Cammell Laird and Co Ltd...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...world and have an appreciation of where they're coming from, what they're seeking to achieve. And you need to have that ability to have a dialogue with them. IAN HESKETH We seem to go out on a limb at times. So in terms of collaborative working, very often people level an accusation that we don't understand how policing works. They seem to work almost in a silo. So in...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs