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Friday 26th April, 3pm, Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham, Arts Building – LR6, Room 222 The Department of Public Administration and Policy and CEDAR are delighted to host a public seminar on The Politics of Becoming: Anonymity and Democracy in the Digital Age by Hans Asenbaum Oxford University Press When we participate in political debate or protests, we are judged by how we look, which clothes we wear, by our skin colour, gender and body language. This results in exclusions and limits our freedom of expression. The Politics of Becoming explores radical democratic acts of disidentification to counter this problem. Anonymity in masked protest, graffiti, and online debate interrupts our everyday identities. This allows us to live our multiple selves. In the digital age, anonymity becomes an inherent part of everyday communication. Through our smart devices we express our selves differently. As cyborgs our identities are disrupted and reassembled. We curate self-representations on social media, create avatars, share selfies and choose the skin colour of our emojis. The Politics of Becoming encourages us to engage in a revolution of the self. Democratic pluralism is not only a matter of institutional design but also about how we express our identities. Inner revolutions change our personal realities and plant a seed for democratic futures. Hans Asenbaum is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. His research interests include radical democracy, queer and gender studies, digital politics, and participatory research methods. In 2022 he received the ECPR Rising Star Award. Hans is the author of The Politics of Becoming: Anonymity and Democracy in the Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2023) and co-editor of Research Methods in Deliberative Democracy (with Ercan, Curato and Mendonça, Oxford University Press, 2022). His work has been published in the American Political Science Review, New Media & Society, Politics & Gender, and the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. Friday 26th April, 3pm, Arts Building – LR6, Room 222, University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT
This PMI-RMP Certification Training will help you master the processes of risk management and the structured and objective approach to addressing uncertainty in projects. You will learn how to conduct risk planning, identification and analysis, and control both known and unknown risks in projects.
Business Communication Skills: Communicating effectively in the workplace Course Description Course Description Poor communication and presentation of business information breeds poor decisions. We may be masters of the spreadsheet and wizards with a project plan, but we are not always brilliant at communicating or presenting the results of our work Management meetings can, sometimes, be tedious and uninspiring, where managers compete for excuses to avoid attending! A good manager is someone who understands performance and can present information in a way that enables others to understand what the issues are and make correct decisions. A good manager can cut through the fog of numbers to make a clear point and assist others to make effective decisions. In “Business Communication Skills” we present tools and structures that will help you plan and deliver your message effectively and facilitate group meetings to achieve a useful outcome. Topics covered include the principles of good communication; planning your communication; structuring your message; and facilitating business meetings, including online meetings. We hope you enjoy it. Key Learning Participants in this course will learn: The principles of effective communication Planning your communication – message, audience, medium, structure, call to action. How to structure your communication Language patterns to help get your message across How to facilitate Business Meetings The Skills of a good facilitator The rules for a well-structured meeting Planning your meeting agenda How to facilitate an online meeting What to look for when facilitating a session Tools you can use in facilitation. Evaluating your Facilitation Curriculum L1 Effective Communication L2 Planning your Communication 1 L3 Planning your Communication 2 L4 Planning your Communication 3 L5 Exercise: Stakeholder Analysis L6 Facilitating Business Meetings L7 Planning your Meeting Agenda L8 As a facilitator what should I look for? L9 Tools you can use in facilitation L10 Facilitation Tools L11 Exercise: Planning your Agenda Resource: Tools to help you communicate and facilitate Pre-Course Requirements None Additional Resources None Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel
Peer Support as an anti-bullying strategy for schools is now routinely recommended by the DCSF and Ofsted. Many schools in the UK have individual schemes which show good practice within their own setting. However, it is rare to find co-ordination of multiple schemes within a Local Authority , or part of a Local Authority, or even within families or clusters of schools. Course Category Behaviour and Relationships Inclusion Peer Support Meeting emotional needs Description Peer Support as an anti-bullying strategy for schools is now routinely recommended by the DCSF and Ofsted. Many schools in the UK have individual schemes which show good practice within their own setting. However, it is rare to find co-ordination of multiple schemes within a Local Authority , or part of a Local Authority, or even within families or clusters of schools. Coordination of schemes provides opportunities for networking, sharing ideas, and mutual support amongst both adults and young peer supporters creates excellent practice. This approach also leads to: Stability and consistency of training A wealth of back up materials for adults and young people Consistent telephone and email support Opportunities for professional development for teachers, Teaching assistants and Learning Mentors Opportunity for national accreditation from MBF Testimonials The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation described this scheme as “a benchmark for Local Authorities Learning Objectives To discover how a centrally led Peer Support scheme enhances and promotes anti-bullying work across a number of schools. To take away from the day the means and the inspiration to set up a local scheme. To deepen insight into impact of strategic approach to peer support To learn about a real way of reducing bullying across a Local Authority Who Is It For ? Suitable for Anti-Bullying Leads Behaviour Support staff CAHMS TAHMS Learning Support and Guidance Staff Childrens Services Support Services Educational Psychologists Course Content The training day will be led by Inclusive Solutions, and a representative from a Local Authority who has successfully managed such a scheme for 10 years. This will be an interactive day with lots of opportunity for questions and exploration. What the day includes: How this work fits with an Inclusive Local Authority Key aspects and issues in running multiple Peer Support schemes from the centre Graphics workshop The 3 legged stool of Peer Support: Selection, Training and Supervision A chance to view and purchase some of the nationally accredited materials successfully used and developed over many years. f you liked this course you may well like: PEER COUNSELLING AS AN ANTI-BULLYING STRATEGY
Safeguarding Course Information Description This course provides a guide to the safeguarding procedures that medical practices and other service providers need to have in place to guard against abuse or neglect. Safeguarding procedures are needed within doctors’ surgeries, schools, nurseries, clubs and associations and any organisation dealing with children and young people, and vulnerable adults. This is not a course about the clinical detection or escalation of safeguarding concerns The aim of the course is to help providers design the administrative procedures in place that they need for safeguarding The focus of the course is the United Kingdom, but the principles covered in the course, and the procedures presented, should apply anywhere. Course Pre-Requisites There are no course pre-requisites. What Students will Learn The safeguarding procedures that organisations dealing with young people and vulnerable adults need The definition of Safeguarding The types of organisation that need safeguarding procedures The responsibilities of organisations for safeguarding Sources of information on safeguarding Curriculum 1. What is Safeguarding? 2. Who is covered by safeguarding? 3. The Responsibilities of Service Providers 4. Key Decisions for Service Providers 5. Documents relating to safeguarding 6. Registration of new service users 7. Identification of Concerns 8. Proactive Analysis of Issues 9. Collaborative Review 10. Audit of Effectiveness Additional Resources PDFs uploaded: What_to_do_if_you_re_worried_a_child_is_being_abused.pdf (328.0 kB) Scottish Government Safeguarding Guidance.pdf (4.1 MB) Working_Together_to_Safeguard-Children.pdf (2.3 MB) Making Safeguarding Personal - Guide 2014.pdf (277.9 kB) Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in finance processes. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses for accountants. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel
This course will teach you Unity game development and C# scripting in a simple and practical way. You will work on more than 20 amazing mini projects to understand the 2D and 3D features of Unity and C# programming concepts.
This comprehensive 3-hour Online Family First Aid course has been created by Mini First Aid to give you the knowledge to help a baby, child or adult with both minor and major first aid incidents as well as giving advice on how to manage a range of common illnesses and conditions.
This course is focused on concepts of Python Boto3 Module and Lambda using Python. It covers how to use Boto3 module, concepts of Boto3 (session, resource, client, meta, collections, waiters, and paginators), and AWS Lambda to build real-time tasks with lots of step-by-step examples.