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Oedipus: The message in the myth
History & The Arts

Oedipus: The message in the myth

...careful when you get home. Remember what happened to Agamemnon …". At home Odysseus' son Telemachus is - somewhat slowly - growing up, and he is enjoined: "Do be worthy of your father. Remember how Orestes …" Now to Oedipus in Homer. His single appearance in the Odyssey is in Book 11, where Odysseus visits the Underworld, and there meets, among others, the spirit of...
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Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...care for relatives, volunteer or travel. Employers no longer expect to see a straightforward CV; instead, they often seek and reward the knowledge, skills and endurance that diverse experiences bring. Therefore, regardless of where you are on your career journey, you may have already achieved highly sought-after transferable skills and knowledge that can be used to help...
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...care. [Nurse NHS] Although some areas such as emergency medicine, paediatrics and psychiatry have almost always been on the list of shortage specialties and are allowed to recruit internationally, shortages are now more widespread. Moreover, the cap on Tier 2 visas (previously the Work Permit category) from outside the EEA to a maximum of around 20,000 per year across all...
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What do we need to know about our memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we need to know about our memory?

...of these activities. You can care for your memory in very simple ways such as taking a walk and noticing things along the way and perhaps check out episodes that are available on The Parks Trust YouTube channel. Regular exercise, especially when also being outdoors brings immense benefits that have an impact on the direct as well as indirect causes of declining memory....
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The importance of education for students in secure environments
Education & Development

The importance of education for students in secure environments

...care to explore which programmes are most effective, offer a broader curriculum and invest in research about the longer-term outcomes and destination data. References Criminal Justice Joint Inspection (2021) ‘Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system’, London: HM Inspectorate of Prisons. House of Commons Education Committee (2022) ‘Not just another brick in the...
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Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview
Education & Development

Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview

...Careful preparation will give you the best chance in being successful. Preparing for your interview Read your proposal critically and look for potential challenges to your work. What limitations and challenges might the panel want you to discuss? Makes some notes on what these are and how you might respond to them. Ask a friend, colleague, or family member to read your...
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Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...care altogether. This aversion to being interviewed by mental health professionals, as suggested by Bor et al. (2002), further complicates the investigation of the relationship between life stress, performance, and mental wellbeing among pilots. Like athletes, pilots can be on a high-performance pathway where life is often unbalanced and “the rigour of training and...
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How to read a rock
Science, Maths & Technology

How to read a rock

...careful and straightforward observations, which is what makes it such a powerful tool. There are lots of different genres to read too. By reading a sedimentary rock, you might learn about vast oceans that have since dried up. Metamorphic rocks can tell you the biography of entire mountain ranges. Reading an igneous rock may reveal the secrets of the bowels of a volcano....
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