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An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...psychology with criminology. That allowed me to then move on to working as an independent mental health advocate. And in that role, I was able to work alongside social workers, mental health officers, and really understand and appreciate their perspective in terms of antidepressant practice, in terms of helping someone to reach their potential and their outcomes, and I...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...psychologically troubling act of denial as he ‘train himself to live only on tea for weeks’ (p. 48). There is another shift of mood once Bart recovers from his illness, and the focus of the narrative moves to his obsession with his white girlfriend, Beatrice. Pathos becomes the prevailing mood of the remainder of the extract as Bart loses the object of his affection....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...Forensic linguistics is an area that’s become very popular, very important. The ability to analyse language to show who might have produced it, for example. There’s been some very interesting work on confessions – supposed confessions – showing that they are almost certainly made up by police, or whoever, after the event rather than, as was claimed in court, a...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...psychological damage’ caused by grief, such as melancholia, or, to use a more contemporary phrase, depression. 1889: adolescence started to become recognised as a distinct stage of life, and puberty was recognised as a significant ‘cause of insanity’. Maxime Durand-Fardel (1889), another doctor who was a pioneer in psychiatry, highlighted the existence of suicide in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...psychology to design public policy better, what the Nudge Unit really did that I think was interesting was run randomised trials. And it has popularised the idea of randomised trials with ministers who now say well you can run a randomised trial fairly cheaply, it doesn’t have to be this great big sophisticated thing, doesn’t have to cost a lot of money, you can get...
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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...psychological reality, maybe that is what the human race is about, and Attenborough has always said, ‘I have given as much environmental information as I think people can take. If I’d given more they would’ve turned off.’ I think in latter years Attenborough has stepped further away from his position of perhaps moderation in this. But could we have done more?...
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Video 30 mins
Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...psychological and practical problems. One of the core issues in adult testing for single-gene disorders such as HD is getting informed consent from the patient to carry out the test. One problem is what counts as ‘informed’. How much does the patient need to know about the science of genetics to make a considered decision concerning a genetic test? But there are also...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...psychology. As I was interested in family stability, I didn’t pursue a career in teaching but rather engaged in voluntary work with various organisations including OXFAM in order to understand the areas of family needs in the community. As a consequence of being involved in voluntary work, I met Mrs Elouise Edwards (Mama Edwards) and Mrs Louise Da-Cocodia. These women...
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Article 15 mins