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Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...course on creativity and innovation. Explore how individual creativity develops, how organisations can foster innovation, and discover strategies to tackle challenges and do things better and differently...Creativity and innovation address ways of doing things better and differently. This free course, Making creativity and innovation happen, focuses both on individual...
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...course, Facilitating group discussions, you will look at some of the behaviours effective facilitators exhibit. Informative and engaging videos will introduce you to examples of facilitation in practice...Gain an insight into facilitating meetings and discussions in the workplace. In this free course, Facilitating group discussions, you will look at some of the behaviours...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...course, 'Problem' populations, 'problem' places, looks deeper into the entanglements of welfare, crime and society. It encourages you to think through these entanglements through a focus on 'problem' populations and 'problem' places. It includes treatment of the victims of Hurricane Katrina that hit the US in 2007, and also of the governance of urban populations in the...
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...course, Engendering citizenship, examines social citizenship. With particular reference to women and disabled people, you will look at the rights and obligations that develop within society to link people together...How do you create citizenship? How do you feel you belong? This free course, Engendering citizenship, examines social citizenship. With particular reference...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...course, The technology of crime control, provides the opportunity to listen to an argument surrounding the purpose, efficacy and regulation of CCTV. Is it there for crime control or is Big Brother really watching?...How big an impact does CCTV have on your life? This free course, The technology of crime control, provides the opportunity to listen to an argument...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...course, Teaching secondary mathematics, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching mathematics in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a mathematics teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of mathematics education and how this affects...
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...course, From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?, sets the experience of Brexit in the context of the UK. It first analyses Brexit as a symptom of the political, economic and social geography of the UK, focusing on its uneven development in a country increasingly dominated by London and the South East of England. It then considers how the divisions within the UK (within...
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...course, Managing coastal environments, looks at the example of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England, describing how the current state of the estuary came to be. It examines the contests and conflicts that centre on the estuary in terms of managing the environment for human needs and the needs of the other species who make their habitat there...Coastal environments are...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs