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Tom Whittaker

Benefit society and enhance your life by studying psychology! Psychological knowledge is not just for therapists. With an awareness of psychology you can understand people better, have an impact on society, boost your social abilities, and enhance numerous careers through transferable skills. This study pack will give you a baseline of familiarity with psychology and it’s varied applications to enhance your life, relationships, and career.

Tom Whittaker

This self-study provides training that is mandatory to use the the cooking workshop spaces on campus involving food preparation. Please review all the material in this pack and complete the quiz at the end. Attendance at any classes or workshops in these cooking spaces requires completion of this pack and quiz.

Javid Ahmad

Learn how to present data visually and software such as Google Sheets, Canva and Google MyMaps. Data plays a central role in many processes in our lives, and being able to communicate using data is a vital skill across many fields. In this self-study pack we’ll be looking at why you should use data visualisation, and giving you some tools to develop data visualisations of your own.

Javid Ahmad

This course will introduce you to thinking ethically about data and how data – like technology is rarely neutral. We will look at how data is all around us and how when we create data systems we need to be aware of the ethical implications of our decisions, how borrowing from design thinking we can create better systems and how we must be actively guard against unintended harms.

Tom Whittaker

Do you remember how it felt to be a new student at Manchester Met? The International Buddy Scheme has been created to help new international students integrate into university life and life in the UK. As a student who joined the university this semester, you’ll be paired with an existing student who will act as a buddy/mentor to you over a short series of meet ups where you can discuss things such as: – Aspects of university life you are adjusting to – Goals for this semester – Your own cultural experiences (maybe you’ll share another language with your buddy, or perhaps you could start to learn a new one through them!) As an existing student, you’ll be supporting a new student as they settle into their studies and the university environment. This is an opportunity to enhance your personal development, gain mentoring and coaching skills, and improve your overall employability! You can also earn Rise points by submitting a short summary of each meet up. This scheme is aimed at international (postgraduate) students in the department of Marketing, International Business and Tourism.

Jess Willsher

This GM Reflect pack has been created in collaboration with practitioners and leaders from the Greater Manchester region as part of the GM REFLECT framework. Working with children and families means that you encounter different people with diverse needs. You may play an important role in their lives at the crucial life stage when considering how care and education can best support those with SEND. The GM Reflect eLearning modules have been developed with practitioners and leaders from across the Greater Manchester city region as part of the GM REFLECT framework. This module is a collaboration between the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Manchester Metropolitan University. It is designed for the Early Years workforce and is freely accessible to all.

Tom Whittaker

In an increasingly digital world, with ever-growing volumes of data that touch the humanities, the ability to understand, analyse and test hypotheses is a valuable and skill, transferable into many contexts. In this course you will build a personal Python toolkit to support your own research requirements. This course is divided into four Topic, each of which builds upon the last to give you a well rounded understanding of text analysis using Python: By the end of this Intensive, you should:

Javid Ahmad

The creative, radical, material and mundane nature of your future is within your agency. This is a beginner’s manual to seizing that agency within your palm.

Tom Whittaker

Manchester Met is committed to human rights, promotes freedom of expression, works to be a diverse and inclusive community and works to prevent modern slavery throughout its operations. The university community encourages freedom of expression and debate, has policies that recognise protected characteristics and beliefs and works to treat everyone with dignity and respect. These are not just ‘nice’ statements or aspirations, they reflect the university’s responsibilities with regard to Human Rights. And they affect your life in the university, because you are a Human Rights holder – you have rights that are listed and explained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is essential that you know your rights, however, because not knowing them can mean you do not demand or use them. So this module will help you explore your Rights, understand what they mean for you, and even encourage you to think about how you might work for Human Rights for others.  Human Rights are about justice, what it means for individuals, societies and nations; how it is upheld and how it can be denied when governments, businesses and institutions are not held to account.  Biography Dan Shercliff is an educational consultant with over 20 years’ experience working in education and human rights. He holds a degree in International Relations and a Master’s in Education Policy, where he developed a strong belief in the power of education to bring about justice, deeply influenced by the ideas of Paulo Freire and critical pedagogy. Dan began his career in further and adult education, starting as a teacher and progressing into senior leadership roles. He led community-based education across Manchester, driven by the conviction that adults have the right to learn and that education gives people the tools to think critically, challenge injustice, and shape their own lives. Alongside his work in the UK, Dan has worked in Uganda and Bangladesh, supporting education in schools and disadvantaged communities. He trained teachers, helped establish an IT suite, and delivered programmes in slum areas, gaining first-hand insight into the global challenges facing education. Dan has always seen education as a means to work toward social justice. He has led a range of projects tackling inequality, including anti-racism education programmes. Most recently, he was Human Rights Education Manager at Amnesty International UK, where he managed national projects helping people understand their rights. This included training teachers, advising education leaders on rights-based policies, and supporting youth-led campaigns. Now working independently, Dan continues to design and deliver education projects focused on human rights, community empowerment, and critical thinking. His work remains rooted in the belief that education, when it is participatory, inclusive, and grounded in lived experience, is one of the most powerful tools we have to build a fairer, more just world.

Jess Willsher

The following information is to here to help and support you with your Early Years journey, and to instil confidence in your practice.   Browse by section

Jess Willsher

If you want to study social care and social work, this course is for you. You will find the tools and information you need to boost both your confidence and your academic skills! Whatever your academic background, we all need an occasional boost! Short, activity-based resources to help build your confidence in key areas of learning. From experience, and based on prior assessment feedback, we know these sessions cover areas that students in the Social Care and Social Work department often find challenging. Topics will include writing for and about practice, reflection, critical thinking, and critical writing.

Tom Whittaker

This GM REFLECT e-learning pack has been created in collaboration with practitioners and leaders from the Greater Manchester region as part of the GM REFLECT framework.  It aims to increase the confidence of the wider early years workforce aligned to the competencies in Tier 1 of the framework. This e-learning has been developed as a partnership between Manchester Metropolitan University and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and is designed to support those currently working with early years children and families, or those who may want to do so in future.You can study at your own pace, stopping and starting – and the pack will save your progress. There is no deadline for completion and it is free to access. On completion you will be awarded with a digital badge.