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Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...law, but what about our access to the social benefits of welfare provision for example. There are those who claim that some groups enjoy status, powers, privileges and material resources while others do not. This is called the politics of difference by many women’s groups, gay and lesbian groups, minority ethnic groups, and the disabilities movement, but there is by no...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...law and policies and who knows the structure within the council. When we do what we do, we have an important role within the law. The person must take responsibility for the quality of their work. Taking minutes, assessment skills, risk assessment. They must completely understand their role. Professionalism comes when they understand their role. Working in Wales is...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...laws, we know that when the forces are balanced there is no acceleration. However, the impact of the stone disturbs the natural level of the water surface, and because the water is displaced above or below the mean water level the forces are not in balance. It is now worth referring to Newton’s first law of motion which states that: An object remains at rest or moves in...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...law-like’ character, regulating our behaviour in certain ways. Lessig (1999) describes four ways in which our behaviour is controlled and regulated. Let’s look at the example of parking: The first is by the law. It is determined that it is illegal to park in some places, and most people generally observe this law. If they break this law, and are observed to have done...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...Scots. This probably happened at Easter or Whitsuntide. The next day the saint sent the barbarian a letter by a holy priest whom he had brought up from his infancy, entreating him to restore the Christian captives, and at least part of the booty he had taken, that the poor people might not perish for want; but was only answered by railleries, as if the Irish could not be...
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Article 10 mins
Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...law enforcement’ (CERT Insider Threat Center, 2010). The estimate of 1,000 attacks per hour is based on the BIS Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2014. We took the number of organisations that reported that they were attacked ‘hundreds of times a day’ in different ways, and assumed that each of these responses were attacked a minimum of 100 times per day, we worked out...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...law, order, lawful orders, and following discipline, and you say it, I'll do it. Actually, there's a huge amount of discretion that sits at the police constable level in policing. That's what sets it aside from so many other organisations, is the powers are invested in the constable, not in the hierarchy of policing. And so only by using collective leadership are we able...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Reacting to Hillary Clinton's nomination
Society, Politics & Law

Reacting to Hillary Clinton's nomination

...Law followed, and then a move to Arkansas promoting her husband’s career. Vilified in the White House by the right, undermined for her “improper” policy role as First Lady, critiqued as her husband’s cheating become so very public, ambition questioned when running for the New York Senate seat, boxed in to not question her own vote on Iraq because of gendered...
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Article 5 mins