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Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...researchers concluded that if these people wanted to work together in ways that achieved the intended goals of legislation, they needed to have the space to develop common ground and to explore what they could achieve together. Many people speak of schooling as if it has some universally understood and agreed values. It is situated, for example, in numerous international...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful...This free course examines the complexities of, and barriers to, setting new criminological research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful....Crimes of the powerful: Introduction - This free course...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Young lives: is now a good time to be young?
Education & Development

Young lives: is now a good time to be young?

...children and young people today, taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the lives of children and young people. It focuses on some of the key issues in young lives such as continuing inequality and why some children and young people are more the focus of policy and intervention than others. It is written for both people working with, or intending to work...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...children’s thinking and their concerns, there’s a lot to be said for creative play. This article explores the benefits and gives some top tips for creativity...[crayons with a young person drawing in the background] We all have the capacity to be creative, but we sometimes need a nudge in the right direction to spark an idea. Imagination is key – a stick can become...
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Article 10 mins
Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?

...researched by the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, wellbeing is about ‘how we are doing’ as individuals and communities. If considering wellbeing prompts a consideration of how someone is doing, this matters even if they have a terminal diagnosis or are dying. That is because the end of life is often a period of time which can extend from days to even over a year for...
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Article 5 mins
Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...Centre. But if confronted with the binary choices, I prefer Wright over Centre and Centre over Lefte. Or, when choosing an exhibition match opponent for my snooker playing cousin, I may prefer Joe Perry (a middle-ranking professional) over the unknown Harry Cueless (because beating Perry is possible on a bad day and would be much more impressive), and Harry Cueless over...
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Article 10 mins
Unlikely Leaders
Money & Business

Unlikely Leaders

...children, and strong families in the remote areas of the Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa (KPK) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of North West Pakistan Kor (www.khwendokor.org.pk). The UK Friends of Khwendo Kor Kor (www.frok.org.uk) was established in 2002 to help Khwendo Kor's fundraising efforts. Its aim is to raise sufficient money to give Khwendo Kor long-term...
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Video 58 mins
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...children’s centres and local support services. Early years practitioners need leadership skills for a host of purposes, including: leading the curriculum decision-making working with parents and carers developing policies working with other professionals or agencies working with governors dealing with conflict organising the school and learning environment...4 Teamwork...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs