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The Modern Judiciary: Who They Are, What They Do and Why it Matters
Explore the role of judges in the UK and learn about the daily business of judging, from common law to judicial diversity. Free course.
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Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice
Learn about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) including ADHD symptoms, the latest research and ADHD treatment. This course runs for four weeks and you can study at your own pace, accessing learning materials on your computer, laptop or mobile device. Free course.
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Key Models in Public Management: A Comparative Analysis
This module critiques public management models and considers their application to different public policy problems in the UK and internationally. You will benefit from involvement in academic discussion and learn from relevant case studies. You will share your work-place experiences with peers to gain an understanding of how the models play out in real world situations. Fee: £950.
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User-Centred Digital Government
In recent years governments around the world have been adopting a new way of building and improving public services, one that is built on practices common to the internet, rather than practices common to traditional public administration. This new approach has been driven, across a range of nations, by a group of public servants and civil society actors who share enough similarities that we can meaningfully call it a movement. This module seeks to explain what the User-Centred Digital Government movement is and why it matters to public servants and policy makers.
Fee: £950.
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Learning What Works
Evaluation is critical. Understanding ‘what works’ is essential if we are to establish whether a policy is bringing about the outcomes we want. There are a host of potential pitfalls, methodological mistakes and design issues that need to be recognised and mitigated if we are really to know whether our solutions to problems are really solving those problems.
In this module, we explore the role of evaluation of in policy making and provide an overview of the tools of evaluation. Students will have the opportunity to critique existing evaluations and design an evaluation of their own. Fee: £950.
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Ethics, Leadership and Governance
Experimental philosophy suggests that environment has an enormous effect on ethical awareness and motivation to act. Therefore, normalising routine engagement with ethical issues in appropriate contexts is hugely important in shaping behaviour. This module looks at how, even when equipped with appropriate ethical decision-making tools, both individuals and organisations can act in unethical ways. This module will enable you to recognise and implement the practical solutions needed to prevent ethical failures at every level of an organisation. Fee: £950.
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