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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...leadership of the Black Panthers (Kelley, 1997). Subsequently, there was a negative reaction to Black women wearing Afros with the connotation and lasting stereotype of the political, dominant, aggressive and counterculture Black woman. Kelley surmises this created a dynamic where Black women began to experience pressure to straighten their hair to be a Europeanised ideal...
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Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...Leadership, Vol. 54, No. 6, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Copyright © 1977 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Wilson, L. O. and Spears, A. (2003) ‘Overview of brain-based learning’. www.uwsp.edu/education/1wilson. National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (2002)...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...leadership skills and communication skills: simulations often involve interdisciplinary teams, promoting better communication and collaboration. This teamwork is crucial in high-stress situations, ensuring that all team members are aware of their roles and can work together effectively. Human factors consideration: simulations account for human factors, such as stress and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...leadership was initially tempted to insist on the Maoist principle of ‘self-reliance’, and attempted to exploit domestic sources. It was only after the promises of the oil field in Xinjiang Province and offshore petroleum exploration in the East and South China Seas failed to materialise, that the Chinese leadership was forced to accept that China would have to rely...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...Leadership in Education, which provides numerous resources, including the Higher Education Supply Chain Emissions (HESCET) Tool for helping with procurement decisions. The triple bottom line: what it is & why it’s important article from the Harvard Business School Online explains what organisations need to consider for measuring their social and environmental impact....
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...leadership and pain management.] Figure 3: Framework for delivering effective pain management Having stated earlier that there are guidelines that have been well researched and carefully developed it is important to ask: How can the framework above bring about change? The framework has a number of interconnected elements that focus on supporting health care staff,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...leadership team, so that the business will continue to survive in any event. One of the nice innovations that we have is, with the growing side, we're able to experiment with different varieties. This season, we have produced, in very limited numbers, a variety called Tickled Pink. It's a red-fleshed apple, which is quite unusual, in that the juice that it produces is red...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...leadership on this profound issue for all of our kind of collective futures. Being an eternal optimist, I hope that that difference in the social dynamics is going to make a real difference, and in some ways the Paris negotiations are going to have to be presented as a success. The really hard question is whether the agreements that come out, that’ll be presented as a...
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