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How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...work perceiving the world for us and as a result, a lot of our judgements and even our actions are not equitable. We need to be aware of that as we interact with the children around us. Refusal to acknowledge race and racial differences allows people to ignore displays of persistent discrimination and thereby not be able to teach our children about them. How we talk to...
FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland

...Work regulators) expect registrants to understand the legal, ethical, safeguarding, and health implications of FGM and to deliver person-centred, trauma-informed, sensitive, non-discriminatory care. While FGM training is mandatory for some professional groups in NI (midwives, gynaecologists, obstetricians, social workers) it is not mandatory for NI nurses, beyond...
FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT

...work, or social life to avoid distress, depression deepens, bringing sadness, shame, disconnection and hopelessness. Depression then makes it harder to cope with anxiety and trauma symptoms. Low mood can reduce motivation to seek support or use coping strategies, reinforcing the trauma cycle and leaving survivors feeling stuck in patterns of fear, avoidance and emotional...
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...work surface. When examining each rock, look up close and from different angles to check for grain shape, evidence of interlocking grains, fragmental texture and layering. You could take advantage of your camera’s magnification slider to look more closely. Don’t worry if you’re not sure what something is. Rocks aren't always so easily categorised – sometimes even...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...worked out like this: take the difference of £10,000 (£110,000 - £100,000), divide it by the starting value of £100,000, and multiply by 100 to express the value as a percentage (in other words a fraction out of 100 parts). This course assumes you have dealt with percentages before. However, if you want to learn about them or brush up on your skills, see the free...
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...work-based, whose members are employed with an affiliated organisation. One of the largest is The Open University’s credit union. The Student Loans Company (SLC) is owned by the UK Government, and lends to students in higher education to enable them to meet their expenses. With the cost of higher education increasing in recent years, the SLC has become a major lender....
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...work of social scientists and ‘thanatologists’ (people who specialise in the academic study of death and dying). However, what is so fascinating about this topic – once you start to dig a little deeper – is that there continues to be so much variation in how death is understood by different people and different cultures. [Described image] Figure 1 The Tana Torajen...
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...work with outside of CalPERS. I really want every employee who works here at CalPERS to understand how important our work is and how everything that we do at CalPERS really ties to providing these long-term benefits for our members. BOB BURTON Well, now I'd like to do a little distraction and a little show and tell. You had a unique opportunity at the stock exchange...