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Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...adapt to, and fit in with, the school environment, rather than the school transforming its own practices to give access to a wide diversity of students. You might like to read what the Welsh Inspectorate (Estyn, 2014) has identified as effective practice for the achievement of all students. Amongst other features, the strategies are: holistic for both students and adults...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...adapt to meet the changing needs of the modern world. Ultimately, it is about recognising the value and importance of justice and the need to recognise the rights of every human as enshrined in human rights legislation and conventions...Justice, fairness and mediation: 3 Restorative justice - Another form of justice which has gained increasing awareness in recent years is...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...adapted extract from the Open University course K219 Critical issues in health and wellbeing...Exploring issues in women's health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the impact of social and cultural contexts on women describe how the women’s movement has influenced the health and social care sector identify pertinent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...et de Trianon. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library This statement at once draws on the classical tradition of idealized representation (such as we have seen in David's Marat) and expresses a typically Napoleonic faith in the charisma of the heroic leader. Whether or not he actually uttered these words, Napoleon undoubtedly did have an aversion to sitting for his portrait. Nor...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...adaptations to cope with that, including pigments to try and absorb the excess light and photo respiration, where they actually respire the carbon they have just fixed to produce carbon dioxide to soak up that excess energy. DR. VINCENT GAUCI At the equator, light is available for twelve hours a day, all year around. That steady supply of energy, combined with high levels...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...et al., 1973). It is here that the story of critical criminology begins. It is important to recognise that much of the ‘criminological project’ has been characterised by knowledges developing either in parallel – or in response to – changing social conditions. New knowledges in criminology seldom completely replace old ones. Innovative approaches and ways of...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...Adapted from Pearson-Goff and Herrington, 2013, pp. 20–21) To put this in some context, it is worth considering comments made by Edward Flynn, a former chief of police in Milwaukee, and noted scholar Victoria Herrington, who argue that: Leaders require a blend of management skills (e.g., planning, organizing, budgeting, staffing and directing), personal skills (e.g. the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...adapted from Blaxter et al., 1996, p. 114) There is no doubt that this approach takes considerably more effort than sitting back and studying a text passively. The benefit from the extra work involved is the development of a critical approach, which you must adopt for your research. Following citations in a paper When you have found (and read) your first couple of papers,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs