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Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...simple. Sam has some innate skills. He likes doing repetitive tasks. He likes mastery. And we thought, how can we take those innate skills and convert them into an area where he could have a long and successful and happy life? And that’s what we’ve done with triathlons. So if there are athletes in the crowd, you know some of the things that athletes have to do is that...
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Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...simple as asking a class question and determining what they understand by the responses. It might also involve learners engaging in a group discussion regarding a topic. In contrast, summative assessments are used to determine what has been learned. For example, a summative assessment could be an exam where the mark achieved determines the grade a learner is awarded in a...
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...codes and legislation may reduce the amount of oil deliberately discharged, but massive accidental pollutions will occasionally occur and cause heavy damage. Thus pollution will be with us for some long time yet. Many people have attempted to rehabilitate oiled birds, but the success rate has almost invariably been very low. Looking after these birds is very expensive in...
Developing business ideas for drone technologies Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...simple tools and reliant upon the preservation of indigenous seed varieties and crop diversity. The organic butter beans they produced maybe didn’t look as ‘perfect’ as the produce of conventional farming, but the organic ‘Elephants of Prespa’ were unique butter beans. By following two different recipes (business models) and using different ‘ingredients’...
Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...simple forms quickly and clearly. They can also be used to describe complicated structures with precision. Beginning with the most common designations, jazz and classical musicians regularly use labels such as AABA or ABA to communicate information about musical structures. The letters allow them to identify patterns of repetition and contrast. Reusing a letter indicates...
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...simple cotton t-shirt. What is the process that takes the basic inputs required through to the final product? Who are the suppliers? The first step in understanding supply of goods is to think about who the suppliers are. For example, we can easily identify the supplier of a loaf of bread, whether it be a supermarket, corner shop or bakery. If we have a leaky roof, we can...
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...simple message that ‘geography matters’ to understanding the climate crisis more fully, how its impact is woven into issues of inequality and the legacies of European colonialism, is taken up and explored in the third video. In the third video, the contributors speak of their experiences in Bangladesh and Uganda and the difficulties of getting their voices heard in a...
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...simple as email, online purchases or social media accounts. Health and social care professionals have to make sure that they are able to justify their actions and decisions, work for the best interests of their service users and work within the confines of their employer policy. This is part of being ‘responsible’ and ‘accountable’ for actions and decisions....