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Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women
Society, Politics & Law

Embodied Intersectionality and British South Asian Muslim Women

...study the experiences of ethnic minority communities? Embodied differences Let’s start with embodied or embodiment. To embody is to represent an idea or quality exactly, and in relation to the body, whereas embodiment is the process or state of living in a body. Our bodies are uniquely connected to our sense of self, but also how we relate to or understand our social...
Critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critical social work practice

...skills in a polyclinic setting A look at the various methods of assessment and consultation that two social workers in a mental health centre use and the skills they believe are needed in the role. Working in a South African psychiatric ward A social Worker at a psychiatric hospital talks about why she became a social worker. Working with mental health patients The...
Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...study in Education...Children and young people’s participation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the complexity of participation for children and young people compare and contrast different cultural perspectives and experiences of participation reflect critically on personal professional practice and assumptions regarding...
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...study in Arts and Humanities...Textiles in Ghana: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of the ways in which meanings and values are assigned to textiles understand the changing history of the making of kente and adinkra discuss the role of the market place in the changing history of kente and adinkra...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...studying this course, you should be able to: summarise the main research evidence of family influence on a child’s level of physical activity participation relate expectancy-value theory (Eccles, 1993; Eccles et al., 1983) to parental involvement in children’s sporting experience understand how gender and parental gender stereotypes may affect parents’ support of...
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...skills: A guide for students studying emotionally challenging content’ guidance. Please also be aware that this section contains strong language. One notable event that is associated with grime is the murder of Richard Holmes by Carl Dobson. The event and its aftermath have been reported by a variety of news publications, which you will explore here. In 2006, Carl...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The Industrial Revolution and Time
History & The Arts

The Industrial Revolution and Time

...skills, in ancient Greece and in medieval Europe, puzzled over the construction of time-measuring devices whose motive power derived either from an unwinding spring or falling weights and whose ‘escapements’ might be regulated in some way. From the late seventeenth century the accuracy of the mechanisms gradually improved, especially to the benefit of astronomers and...
What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...skills. This article looks at these psychological attributes that helps with performance in more depth...Akin to some sporting disciplines (e.g., motorcycling, Owton, 2022), aviation requires a pilot to remain cool under pressure, be attuned to a fast and constantly moving environment, thinking ahead all the time of expected and unexpected possibilities. This enhancement...