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The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...research methods in social sciences...In a complex and rapidly changing world, social scientific study examines how we produce things, communicate, govern ourselves and understand our environments, and how to solve the problems we face in the organisation of social relations and processes. This free course, The social in social science, provides a basic overview of how...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...Centre (2021) stated there are four key potential harms for children using the internet: commercialism, contact from bullies or groomers, inappropriate content and personal conduct where children may share too much online. Depending on the way that you introduce online learning, you may consider utilising classroom tools for example, lock screens and website content...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why school-based sex education isn’t inclusive enough

...children] Only 13% of pupils have learnt about healthy same-sex relationships at school (Stonewall: 2017) What is the evidence? A range of evidence consistently highlights a deficiency in the provision of LGBT-related information in school-based sex education. For instance, The 2017 Stonewall School report, an online survey of over 3,700 young LGBT in secondary schools...
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Article 5 mins
Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Health, Sports & Psychology

Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe

...children were killed, media reports often focus on the need for better law enforcement and driver education. Safety campaigns can only work if people think the messaging is relevant to them and choose to change their behaviour. But psychological research shows that many people are overconfident in their driving abilities and think it’s ‘normal’ to drive recklessly...
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Article 5 mins
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...research on the ways in which historical, political and cultural power relations are associated with emotions and perceptions that people resort to in relation to national flags. Taking into account imperial histories and devolving struggles, these range between egalitarianism and dominance, openness and tolerance, nationalism and patriotism, dissensus and collectivism....
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Article 10 mins
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...centres run by the R.S.P.C.A. and R.S.P.B. Over 2,000 were moribund, leaving 5,811 which were cleaned (R.S.P.C.A. 1967). Although very little hope could be held out for these birds, the Wildfowl Trust offered to take some from the overcrowded centres in Cornwall and attempt to rehabilitate them, gleaning as much information as possible from their day to day management and...
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Article 10 mins
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...research process. And once you have found it, you will need to examine it closely and carefully, to judge how reliable it is and whether it is useful to help you answer your question...The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is an opportunity for you to work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level...
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Article 5 mins
Swallows and Amazons
History & The Arts

Swallows and Amazons

...children and the books behind Swallows and Amazons...Explore Swallows and Amazons with exclusive videos and activities. First published in 1930 Swallows and Amazons recounts the adventures of the Walker and Blackett children and their idyllic summer holiday camping and sailing in an imaginary Lake District landscape; encountering pirates and finding buried treasure. From...
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Article 5 mins