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How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...et al., 2000) publication ‘Institutional Racism and the Police: Fact or Fiction’ which challenges the utility of the concept and emphasises its vagaries. Lea (2000) critiques Macpherson’s definition and use of institutional racism as conflating individual and intentional racism with unconscious racism and bias. Lea argues that individual actions are highlighted over...
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Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...circulation problems in their legs. And so we asked if they could buy seat supports That is a padded seat that people could rest on while standing. Unfortunately our request was rejected. But that didn’t stop them buying a €3,000,000 machine to increase productivity. Christophe, 51 Fishing Port since 1978 We don’t have the right to complain about our backaches or...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...et al., 2007). According to the Culloden website (linked above), the battle, which was fought in just 40 minutes, set in motion a series of events that saw the repression of a ‘distinctive way of life and culture’ and the removal of Highlanders from their homes during the Highland Clearances, in turn leading to mass emigration to Canada, the United States and other...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...et al. (2018) who argue for the use of assets-based approaches which ‘value the resources that exist in the community and build on the strengths and affordances of communities’. They further argue that ‘a strong assets-based approach that emphasises and values the experience of community members is an effective way to empower communities to make positive change’....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...et al. (2010). An individual’s health is enabled or inherited by their social context. Social class and a woman’s context shapes her life, it affects access to material resources and the amount of control women have over their lives. The body is simultaneously social, psychological and biological. It is both through and with a woman’s body that her self-identity is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...et al. (2015, p. 602) use the following definition: ‘sustainability, for a business, is the ability to keep operating successfully’. To these authors, a sustainable business is a business that can keep on doing its business. Anderson (2006) defines sustainable development as ‘development that meets the need of the present world without compromising the ability of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...et al., 2019) Figure 2: Declines in labour share across advanced economies have been widespread but not uniform Activity 2: The distribution of income between workers and firms Timing: 3 minutes What does the figure tell you about the proportion of national income held by workers? What can we extrapolate about the share held by entrepreneurs and shareholders? Discussion...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...double-check your calculations using an alternative method. There are different methods you can use, and the one you choose will probably depend on the calculation. One very good way of checking calculations is to carry out a reverse calculation, or an inverse calculation as it was called earlier in this session. This is where you use the opposite type of sum (or opposite...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs