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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...mental illness: all problems in today's society. But what makes a problem social? This free course, Social problems: Who makes them?, will help you to discover how these issues are identified, defined, given meaning and acted upon. You will also look at the conflicts within social science in this area...Anti-social behaviour, homelessness, drugs, mental illness: all...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...Mentally challenged. Mentally deficient, which is an awful one. DAYO We're all just the same. CIAN Yeah, there were some really old labels that people used, like retard and spastic, and feeble-minded. Now they all seem like, and Mongoloid. They all seem like terrible things now. But just 50 odd years ago, people actually did seriously used to call people those kind of...
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...mental health. [MUSIC PLAYING] So what we're going to do is we're going to talk about the 'bad day' card first of all, OK? So if you can, just say a little bit about how that is like your bad day. ROCIO CIFUENTES Other challenges, of course, as we know, is a significant increase in racism and Islamophobia and xenophobia, which is growing across the world, really,...
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...mental illness in their subsequent lives. Furthermore, it is worthwhile considering for a moment how Laing came to fix upon this relationship. In childhood, he experienced such relationships within his own family environment. These may have had an impact on his choice of research topic as well as on his subsequent line of argument. Such personal experiences could have...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...mental health and the capacity of people to lead in ways that enhance equity. You will also learn how to identify practices of gaslighting, which are deployed to disguise oppressive forms of power, such as racism. By the end of this week, you should be able to: understand a definition of power as the ability to affect the world around you, which can be used for oppressive...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...mental capacity of a two year old for life. He doesn't at all. He defied everything that they said would happen to him, and he's still fighting. Obviously, he's not playing, but I really feel like your passion as a … you have to want to live to live. FABRICE MUAMBA Football has always been something that I enjoyed doing. And when I was young, I used to play football a...
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...mental health. Citizens Advice – cost of living Which? – Money MoneyHelper - dealing with debt Financial advice This MoneyHelper site helps you find a financial adviser Choosing a financial adviser Employment rights This GOV.UK site covers your employment rights (sickness pay etc.) Employment rights MoneyHelper This site provides particular help with budgeting...
‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...mentality of ‘bloody foreigners stealing our fish’. On top of that, the fishing industry has had its expectations raised, probably unfairly, by promises of ‘total control’, exclusion of other fishing fleets, and increases in fishing quota available to them. But can Brexit deliver? Is the fate of the UK fishing industry going to be the litmus test for a successful...