The Big Initiative

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The Big Initiative

Our mission is to provide exceptional educational courses that build confidence, develop careers and promote well-being — reaching all learners, regardless of age or background. Harnessing the science of learning, we believe in global collaboration — providing a platform where experts and practitioners can share their knowledge for the greater good.

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Acquired Brain Injury

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Acquired brain injury (ABI) is an umbrella term for any injury to the brain sustained since birth; e...

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Active Listening

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During this course; we will look at the role of body language in active listening; as well as other...

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Addison's Disease

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This awareness course covers the fundamental information surrounding the condition; it’s causes; sym...

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Alcohol Misuse

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This course has been designed to improve practitioners’ awareness of issues that impact individuals...

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Anaphylaxis (EpiPen)

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This course has been designed to allow everyone involved in the care of vulnerable adults to underst...

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Angelman Syndrome

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As a caregiver of someone with Angelman syndrome (a rare neurological disease characterised by delay...

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Anger Management - Understanding Anger

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This course has been designed to explore anger management and how this can be done professionally in...

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Anxiety

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Anxiety is what we feel when we are worried; tense or afraid – particularly about things that are ab...

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Anxiety And Depression

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Depression and anxiety affect young children; teenagers; and adults across the UK. This course expla...

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Arthritis Awareness

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Arthritis is a common condition which causes joint pain and inflammation. If an individual has arthr...

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Asbestos Awareness

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Asbestos is a term for a group of minerals made of microscopic fibres. It was widely used in constru...

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Asperger Syndrome

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This course has been designed to give care staff an understanding of Asperger syndrome and its impac...

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Assertiveness

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This course has been designed to allow practitioners to understand different styles of communication...

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Assessing Needs

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This course has been designed to help staff understand assessment in the context of the Care Act 201...

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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This course is designed to provide you with knowledge and practical strategies so you are able to su...

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Autism Awareness

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This course has been designed to give care staff an understanding of autism and the impact it has on...

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Automated External Defibrillator

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Learning about automated defibrillators is becoming more and more important with the increase in the...

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Awareness Of Mental Health; Dementia & Learning Di...

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This course will cover three issues that constitute the most common aspects of adult social care in...

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Basic Life Support

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Learners will explore a range of first aid situations according to the National Resuscitation Counci...

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Basic Observations

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This course will allow practitioners to understand observations within the context of adult care. It...

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A Guide To UK Data Protection Primary

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All school staff should know the definitions of personal data and fair processing; and clearly under...

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A Guide To UK Data Protection Secondary

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All school staff should know the definitions of personal data and fair processing; and clearly under...

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Administration Of Medication In Schools Primary

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Pupil’s must be able to take their prescribed medications whilst in a school setting. They may also...

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Administration Of Medication In Schools Secondary

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Pupil’s must be able to take their prescribed medications whilst in a school setting. They may also...

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Adverse Childhood Experiences Primary

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This course has been designed to help you become more ACE-aware. Research linking adverse childhood...

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Adverse Childhood Experiences Secondary

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This course has been designed to help you become more ACE-aware. Research linking adverse childhood...

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An Introduction To Boarding Primary

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Working in a boarding school can be a rewarding and enriching experience; but it also requires a uni...

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An Introduction To Boarding Secondary

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Working in a boarding school can be a rewarding and enriching experience; but it also requires a uni...

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Anti-Fraud; Bribery And Corruption Primary

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This training course is designed for anyone who works within the education sector; irrespective of t...

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Anti-Fraud; Bribery And Corruption Secondary

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This training course is designed for anyone who works within the education sector; irrespective of t...

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Blood Cancer Primary

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This course on blood cancer for teachers and school staff in primary schools provides an introductor...

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Blood Cancer Secondary

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This course on blood cancer for teachers and school staff in primary schools provides an introductor...

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"Light up the darkness."

Bob Marley

"For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head."

Benjamin Franklin

"Much to learn, you still have."

Yoda

"Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it."

Brian Tracey

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited."

Plutarch

"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."

Chinese Proverb

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

Mahatma Gandhi

"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is."

Isaac Asimov

"Gold has a price, but learning is priceless."

Chinese Proverb

"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."

Oscar Wilde

"Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life."

Will Durant

"Education is the movement from darkness to light."

Allan Bloom

"All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher."

George Whitman

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."

Brian Herbert

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

Confucius

"Education is not preparation; education is life itself."

John Dewey

"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."

Sophocles

"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."

Socrates

"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."

Leonardo da Vinci

"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma."

Eartha Kitt

"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."

Johann Sebastian Bach

"It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play."

Dizzy Gillespie

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

Aristotle

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

Pablo Picasso

"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information."

Albert Einstein

"I am still learning."

Michelangelo, age 87

"Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning."

Anton Chekhov

"Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased."

Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."

Will Durant

"We are born not to be perfect, but to learn and reflect from imperfections"

Princess Ramirez

"Every time man makes a new experiment he always learns more. He cannot learn less."

R. Buckminster Fuller

"Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get."

R. Buckminster Fuller

"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you."

B.B. King

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

Leonardo da Vinci

"Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom."

Oprah Winfrey

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle

"Education's responsibility is to replace an empty mind with an open one."

Malcolm Forbes

"You do not learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and falling over."

Richard Branson

"It is the art of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Aristotle

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

Jimi Hendrix

"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."

Albert Einstein

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

W.B. Yeats

"I had six honest men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who."

Rudyard Kipling

"Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful you did."

Sarah Caldwell

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young."

Henry Ford

"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."

Paulo Coelho

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

Confucius

"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way."

Marvin Minsky

"In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn."

Phil Collins

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

Benjamin Franklin