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Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...system. Find out what Kenechi, 13, and Loren, 18 think about race. Follow the UK youth instagram page. Click here to watch a video about the essentials of youth policy. Find out more about the eight standards for a quality youth policy here. Find out more about intersectionality from the Open University’s Professor Ann Pheonix. Find out more about how the Prevent...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...think about how easy it would be to understand what needs to be changed in the annual leave booking system. Discussion A.This is not specific enough to be useful. The feedback would be more helpful if it said which aspects of the system were ‘liked’. B.It is not clear here what needs to be done, as the ‘actionable’ part of this feedback is hidden in compliments....
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Finding the Truth
Society, Politics & Law

Finding the Truth

...system. ...Step into a world of crime Have you watched enough CSI to know what constitutes as good forensic evidence? Are you a believer of 'don't do the crime if you can't do the time'? How much do you know about workplace accidents? Or perhaps you have other beliefs about the criminal justice system and want to find out more? Step into three very different and immersive...
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Activity 30 mins
Design ecologies animation
Science, Maths & Technology

Design ecologies animation

...systems approach to design is important. It uses the example of a smartphone to illustrate the need to shift from linear to regenerative resource flows...Renowned marine biologist Rachel Carson, in her influential book Silent Spring (1962), stressed the interconnectedness of nature, echoing the sentiment of polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who believed that ‘everything...
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Video 5 mins
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...system is based on restorative justice. The impact is immeasurable in my eyes. I think, how you can quantify that is we were Ofsteded at the end of February this year and we came out good across the board and it was noted about our children’s good behaviour and their understanding of restorative justice and it’s just been really empowering for them. In turn, that’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...think of it not as sleep-depriving people, but as modifying or enlarging the period of the sleep–wake cycle from 24 to 48 hours,” says Benedetti. “People go to bed every two nights, but when they go to bed, they can sleep for as long as they want.” San Raffaele Hospital first introduced triple chronotherapy in 1996. Since then, it has treated close to a thousand...
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Article 15 mins
Saving capitalists from themselves?
Society, Politics & Law

Saving capitalists from themselves?

...think Teresa May and Donald Trump will defend us? 'Talk about foxes guarding hen houses' says Joe. ...[A banner reading "Capitalism isn't working" (a pun on the Conservative election poster "Labour isn't working") at the G20 Meltdown protest in London on 1 April 2009] For the first time, one per cent of the world population controls more than half of the world's wealth,...
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Article 5 mins
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...thinking about the benefits of interdisciplinary study is to first consider the nature of disciplines. It is worth remembering that many academic disciplines are ‘constructions’ themselves, that they have been developed by people working in a particular field and that they offer a particular focus of knowledge. When we consider interdisciplinary learning (and...
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Article 15 mins