Important: As the assessment deadline for 2020/21 has now passed, final year students engaging with RISE activities will not be able to claim classificatory credit. They will however receive transcript recognition for the additional effort on completion of their activity. If you are not a final year student, you may be able to claim in October – please refer to your dashboard.
Rise activities give students to ability to engage with more sustained opportunities to learn and gain experience, and accumulate larger allotments of Rise points.
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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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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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Learn to solve problems creatively, with a focus on creating innovative solutions, prototyping and communicating ideas
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An introduction to digital research methods, with an emphasis on content analysis as a method of analysing digital data.
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Learn to tell engaging stories in a vlogging format, exploring the full process of pre-production through to post-production and publishing
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A course to increase your understanding of culture, diversity, prejudice and inclusion as part of your journey to becoming more culturally competent.
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A complete beginner's guide to creating inventions with LEDS, sensors and other components.
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A beginner's guide to game design. Learn how to express your ideas and feelings through personal games by turning old games into new ones, using stuff you already have at home. Publish your games online so that you can play them over video-call.
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Learn about the applied principles of Behaviour Design; the ways in which design principles can be used to positively change the behaviour of individuals, communities and societies.
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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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Develop your understanding of wellbeing, mental health and health inequalities and learn practical skills to support your own and others' wellbeing.
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This intensive, put together by an industry leader, covers the fundamental steps of using social media to market any brand, business or project. From social strategy to content creation and analytics, you'll learn why and how to plan your own campaign.
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There is a wealth of data that is created for and about us and the communities in which we live. Although much of this data is available publically as open data it is often hard to locate, with the tools and understanding needed to interpret and use it unduly difficult.
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Learn how to design and test your own prototype app, with a focus on user-centric thinking and inclusive practice
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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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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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What could be included in heritage and how can looking at objects, collections and nature connect with people today? We will look at the value and potential of engagement and look at examples of objects and engagement from Manchester and around the UK.
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Learn how to plan, record and create your own podcast pilot
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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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Refresh your skills around academic research before embarking on a research project.
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Learn to produce professional looking video projects, with everyday equipment and free software.
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Take the first steps to becoming a skilled data analyst, by breaking down terms and providing step-by-step guides, this course will demonstrate beginners’ level statistics..
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Explore ways to engage with learning outside of mainstream and formal learning environments.
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This intensive is specifically aimed at those who would like to know more about ‘Working in Partnership with Parents’; the context of legislation and underpinning theoretical concepts to develop their understanding of how to apply these notions in practice situations when working with children, young people and their families.
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Explore the PESTLE analysis tool to understand how different factors impact the world of business.
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An accessible introduction to authoring AR/VR content, appropriate for any level of experience
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A practical guide on how to create and develop a start-up social enterprise.
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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 to solve problems creatively, with a focus on developing understandings and exploring the nature of problems from the perspective of end users.
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Through this intensive, you will explore the journey from early identification through to compiling an effective Early Year Health Care Plan.
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Take the first step to learning a range of the languages spoken across the World, including French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Explore how language learning can enhance your employability, and the ways in which you can take that learning further.
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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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Explore the issues concerning business practice and sustainability challenges at a local and global level.
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This intensive critically analyses self-employment in the UK labour market and outlines what it takes to become self-employed. Students will learn how to become self-employed and train the skills and attitudes needed to be successful.
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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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Explore the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and discover the journey to reach the current goals.
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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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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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Learn to listen to, and advocate for, communities and the people within them – and to bring about real change.
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Engage with a wide range of four week, intensive language courses, all awarding 250 Rise Points, with a choice on on-campus or online-only options
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Work with academics from across the university in authentic research projects.
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Access short work experience opportunities