Welcome to the Faculty of Health and Education’s Enrichment Page.
This is where you will find recommended Events, Certifications and Self Study hosted on Rise.
To learn more about enrichment, Rise, Sport, peer to peer, and Student Services, open the pack to the right.
For the latest events, certifications look below and self study opportunities, keeping scrolling.
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Start your enrichment journey here with this short guide on everything that is on offer in the Faculty of Health and Education.
Events and Certifications for you to engage with
Events. Below is a selection of events that are either restricted to our faculty or have suggested from the main Rise site. If you wish to look at the full range of Rise events please click here. (There were over a 1000 events offered in the last year.) Scroll down and click on the event you are interested in. There is a pink ‘Book Now’ button on the top right of each event to click to book your place.
There are also ongoing rounds of Certifications. Most certifications are available on rotation. We invite you to look at all available certifications including Microsoft Office, Excel, Powerpoint Photoshop, and more. Click here to see what is coming up next.
All of these sessions are paid for as part of your degree. Lots of amazing experts are offering their time to put these on for you, so please be caring and considerate and if you book on, please turn up!
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A fully-funded opportunity (worth up to £450) to gain external certification from Microsoft which evidences your competency with Word, Excel and/or PowerPoint. Support your IT skills in your studies, and evidence your capabilities and self-development to future employers. Supported with a completely flexible self-study and examination process.
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You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
A creative workshop exploring the importance and role of symbols and metaphors within health care. This workshop will include activities such as zine making, mosaic creation, and will allow attendees to discuss LGBTQIA+ issues related to health in a safe environment.
Self Study Packs to support your learning
Self Study Packs are your way to do additional learning at your own pace. Most packs take about 10 hours to complete. However one which we ask you all to complete which only takes two hours is Becoming Culturally Competent. There are other packs which staff may ask you complete as part of your wider learning including AI Literacy or in preparation for placements.
Please scroll down for recommended self study packs, however an even wider range (we have over 200 packs on offer) is also available on the site by clicking here.
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Becoming Culturally Competent is an introduction to exploring culture, and how by better understanding ourselves and others we can build inclusive spaces of belonging and connectivity.
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Becoming Culturally Competent is an introduction to exploring culture, and how by better understanding ourselves and others we can build inclusive spaces of belonging and connectivity.
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In this Intensive you will learn about The role of the key person in a child’s life.
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Systems thinking gives us the tools we need to make sense of systems and analyse the context of problems – useful skills for those wanting to change things for the better.
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Are you thinking of doing a PhD? This intensive will provide you with the information you need to get started, helping you to decide whether it’s the right choice for you.
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The ability to craft great spoken stories is a superpower you can use across many aspects of your life, from job interviews, pitches and presentations through to building personal relationships and inspiring others.
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Start your enrichment journey here with this short guide on everything that is on offer in the Faculty of Health and Education.
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Learn to listen to, and advocate for, communities and the people within them – and to bring about real change.
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Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.
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There are more than 82 million forcibly displaced people in the world; over 20 million of whom have refugee status. Conflict, persecution and a well founded fear for their lives are some of the reasons why people leave their homes and countries. These people are looking for somewhere safe to rebuild their lives and start a new life free from persecution or threat. This self-study pack will explore the myriad of reasons why people leave, look at the journey they must undertake to find safety and unpack the challenges and barriers they face at different stages.
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Discover your voice in the world of mental health advocacy and start thinking about all the ways you can make a difference!
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A fully-funded opportunity (worth up to £600) to gain external certification from Adobe to evidence competency in Video and Design apps. Whatever your starting point, sharpen your skills and evidence self-development with a completely flexible process.
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We would like to invite you to join the anti-slavery movement. We hope that through this intensive you will gain a greater understanding of the challenges but also feel inspired to create positive change.
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Utilise photography-based creative methods as a toolkit to aid better well-being.
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An opportunity to develop workshop facilitation skills and design sessions based on your personal ideas
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A critical introduction to research that explores the historical and contemporary topics around race and how we research it.
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For some people the words equality, diversity, and inclusion may feel complicated, and outside of our experience or understanding.
This intensive will introduce you to the language surrounding equality, diversity, and inclusion, which we abbreviate to EDI to make it easy to use in your practice and life.
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The aim of this intensive is to give you the knowledge to be able to support children’s early mathematical development and to be able to critically discuss the opportunities available for mathematics for children, from birth and consider the importance of laying these foundations upon success in later life.
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This self-study pack will help you to learn more about studying at university and how it compares to other learning environments, such as school or college.
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Learn about the basics of co-production as part of participatory research, and apply your thinking to contexts working with young people.
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Find out more about the reading process and how we can support young readers as they get to grips with written language. Explore the many benefits of reading to support personal as well as academic development.
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This course is a practical introduction to language when working in culturally diverse settings, such as Greater Manchester. The course will provide strategies to support communication and work across language barriers.
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Learn how to create questionnaires that will help you to answer your research questions!
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During your time at Manchester Met you’ll encounter a range of experiences that will provide you with the opportunity for skills development. Being able to understand the skills you’ve gained from these experience and being able to articulate them enables you to become the best version of yourself.
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This intensive will give you an insight into today’s deaf world, the barriers deaf people face on a daily basis and strategies and communication tactics to help overcome these barriers. We’ll begin to learn British Sign Language and explore conversation techniques that will enable, encourage and give you the confidence to interact with deaf people going forward.
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At Manchester Met we want all of our students to be confident and literate in the uses and limitations of Artificial Intelligence. This pack will help you to navigate an exciting new technology in confident and safe ways to support your future work and life, and appropriately in your current studies.
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Explore ways to engage with learning outside of mainstream and formal learning environments.
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A fully-funded opportunity (worth up to £450) to gain external certification from Microsoft which evidences your competency with Word, Excel and/or PowerPoint. Support your IT skills in your studies, and evidence your capabilities and self-development to future employers. Supported with a completely flexible self-study and examination process.
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A course to explore personal and professional boundaries to support your positive wellbeing throughout uni and into your future.
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You will earn 300 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.
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This short online course is aimed at exploring how poetry can help us understand health and social care practice.
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Develop critical and decolonial perspectives on digitisation, automation, technology and the new economies they create.
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Refresh your skills around academic research before embarking on a research project.
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A skills programme for PGR’s covering extensive mentoring capabilities – also provides a great grounding for student employability/personal development. Ideal for those with aspirations of being effective professionals, mentors and teachers.
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This Self-Study Pack for Placement is intended for students to complete who will be taking part in placement or work integrated learning opportunities as part of their course or who are interested in taking part in Placement.
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In this Self-Study Pack, we’ll be learning about what we mean by volunteering, its scale and scope and the contexts where it takes place.
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Take the first step to learning a range of the languages spoken across Greater Manchester, including Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Polish and Mandarin Chinese. Explore how language learning can enhance your employability, and the ways in which you can take that learning further.
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Learn how to bring your dreams to reality through self effectiveness.
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In this self study pack, you will explore real world examples to see how soft skills, like leadership and communication, have played an important part in helping graduates to deliver innovative industry projects known as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.
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Get yourself ready to leave halls and become part of Manchester’s community.
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This intensive will explore the wider purpose of higher education (HE) and the role of an active citizen in today’s world.
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Life is made up of a series of decisions, both big and small, but feeling confident in our decisions doesn’t come easily. This course will provide you with the knowledge and strategies to feel more confident as a decision maker.
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this Intensive will equip you with the knowledge of how to identify signs of abuse and will encourage you to explore other areas of safeguarding that you may not have previously considered, but that you may come across in your future careers.
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Understand theory and practice around relationships, communication and teamwork – and enhance your collaboration in academia, the workplace and your personal life.
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This self-study pack will focus on practical tips for outside of your study to help you make the most of your time at university. From focusing on finance to social life, to your own self-care.
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Explore the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and discover the journey to reach the current goals.
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