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Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931835 Mallon, S. and Dresden, B., (2023). ‘There is space for the official and the unofficial’: A case study of a module-led Facebook page in online distance education, Advances in Online Education. Miller R., and Melton, J. (2015) ‘College students and risk-taking behaviour on Twitter versus Facebook’, Behaviour & Information...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...psychology and cognitive science, and according pride of place to what they call ‘recreative imagination’. Engell (1981) approaches the subject from literary criticism rather than philosophy, but offers a rich account of the development of ideas on the creative imagination. Other books that might also be mentioned here are Kearney (1988), which takes a historical...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...psychological support to asylum seekers and refugees. They have been in the forefront of campaigns first to challenge the regulations and legislation, and their administration, and second to ‘nail the myths’ about refugees and asylum seekers presented in much of the media...Who counts as a refugee?: 4.2 Feminist perspectives: who counts as a refugee? - The UN...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...psychology, and I did research after university in how the human brain perceives things in three dimensions. So I did a doctorate in psychology. But I always wanted to ultimately end up being a lawyer. So I qualified as a barrister, and I practised as a barrister in general common law for several years, from I think 1995 till 2010, when I was lucky enough to be appointed...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...psychology The Open University (The Open University, 2020) Reflective account Learners are asked to identify a situation when you experienced stress, arousal or anxiety in a sporting or other activity setting. Write an analysis of your experience using perspectives from what you have learned on the module. Typed answer Learner uses their mobile device to record their...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...psychological therapies are more effective and also much less likely to be harmful or dangerous or dammed unpleasant, all of which can be said about psychiatric drugs. But beyond that in a sense there is everything that the world has to offer, if only we could find a way of bringing that into people’s lives and then of course a medically based NHS service isn’t going...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...psychological parenting. The role of the state in supporting and encouraging parents. An emphasis on the role of preventative work with families. Substitute care may be more damaging than poor parenting. Children’s rights and child liberation The child is seen as a separate entity. An emphasis on the competence and strength of the child. The link between
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...psychology, and so forth. At most they were willing to grant ‘separate but equal status’ to the other sex. That winning formula is most significant: it is exactly that formula the Jim Crow laws put into practice with regard to black Americans; this so-called egalitarian segregation served only to introduce the most extreme forms of discrimination. This convergence is...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs