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Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...attention to individuals and the ways in which roles are named and defined rather than the activities that take place. One view is that leaders work with people to change behaviours, attitudes and values, whereas managers work with a steady state within the setting, maintaining the performance of people, inanimate objects and systems (Cuban, 1988). From this perspective,...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...attentive to particularities of that relationship. So I suppose the project, in a way, is setup to say, how do we become more attentive to those small things and notice them? So if you partner, for example, brings you a cup of tea every day, do you notice? Not necessarily. Do you notice if it stops? Yes. And that’s the crisis point. Why did the cup of tea stop? So...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...attention to everyone’s wellbeing is essential for the development of the first layer of peace – ‘peace with myself’ – outlined in Peace at the Heart. This section continues to follow the work of Cremin and Bevington (2017) to explore what wellbeing means in the context of peace building. Activity 1 What does wellbeing mean? Timing: Allow approximately 10...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...attention is diet with new research suggesting that imbalances in our gut bacteria can have an impact on our mental health. Mind have created a video to help you consider the impact of food and your mood which you can watch below. Changes to your diet may feel daunting at first but remember eating well does not have to complicated or expensive, consider these tips on how...
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Article 10 mins
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...attention to the ways in which fixed borders and national flags are continually subverted by competing identities, uneven mobilities, the effects of power and ‘a world of flows’. To find out more, the OU’s Andy Morris interviewed Nick Middleton about his book ‘An Atlas of Countries that Don't Exist’. Listen below, or read along with the transcript. Transcript...
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Audio 10 mins
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...attention and reform. This cross-border statutory body, arguably the most symbolic result of 1998 at that time, has been left to stagnate in a financial vacuum. At its best, Foras have overseen language schemes that have been transformational to local communities across Ireland, however, lack of strategic and consistent investment in Foras has left communities both...
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Article 5 mins
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...attention away from the inequities of the given social order, state racism and wider colonial abuses of power in the Empire. It is important to note that the context of chattel slavery in Britain was different to the USA even before the defeat in the war of independence. In a 1772 legal case, which considered whether James Somerset could be treated as a slave on British...
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Article 20 mins
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...attention to psychiatric disorders? Because he has a personal interest Because they are easy to treat Because their treatment lags behind physical disorders Because their existence is contested a. Because he has a personal interest b. Because they are easy to treat c. Because their treatment lags behind physical disorders d. Because their existence is contested The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs