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Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...for adults is an introductory course for carers or those considering a care role in a variety of settings. It addresses a number of key questions on topics including: good communication, mental health awareness, palliative and end-of-life care, positive risk-taking and looking after your self. If you are interested in studying this course, visit the course website here....
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Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...community and how outputs can challenge simple ideas of ‘us’ and ‘them'...[Thinking Outside The Box artwork] Alena & Lisa: On your website you describe yourself as an illustrator and visual facilitator. How do you see these roles in relation to your artistic practice- in what sense do they inform your art, in what sense are they separate? What is the advantage of...
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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...community. Emeritus Professor Colin Gray, editor of the Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain from 1998 to 2011, commented: “The Quarterly Survey has been an economic barometer since it was launched in 1984 and has remained an important resource for SME academics, policy-makers and support providers. It has also established a community of UK-wide SME managers...
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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...communities thrive. It is particularly important for girls, who are often disadvantaged in various ways in African societies, but where investment in their education pays off in multiple ways. Teachers and students at the pioneering Ibba Girls School show what can be achieved through high-quality schooling. ['This pencil can spell hope' advertisement saying 90% of girls...
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Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...communities of equality’ in Britain and America, and, after 1830, trade unionism and cooperation. He supported religious toleration. He advocated sexual equality, marriage and divorce law reform, and alluded to birth control as a means of regulating population. He thus gained fame, even notoriety, as a social and educational reformer, and long after his death continued...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...communities and various ethnic and national groups that live in the UK. The Tate Exchange version of the installation was comprised of a market stall split in the middle by two flags, back to back: the New Union Flag and the Union Jack. It aimed to provoke discussion in post-Brexit Britain by inviting visitors to choose one of the two flagsand to pose for selfies. Also...
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Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...communities of practice within their organisation and how they might support the needs of educators at different stages of their career. They will also examine how inclusive leadership for professional development can foster agency and individual development in staff members as well as driving institutional change...This free course will enable leaders and aspiring...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...community settings...Principles and practices of peace education explores how peace might be built in everyday classroom practice. It can be used as individual study or as a basis for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with a larger group. It introduces layers of peace education for children and young people, including inner-peace and wellbeing; interpersonal peace...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs