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Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...Working for Water Programme (WWP) case study, introduced as a programme that actively addresses the impoverishment of black South Africans. 14 million South Africans currently have no or inadequate water supplies. In 1997, unemployment stood at 37%, and 50% of the population was classified as ‘poor’. With 240 projects since its inception, the WWP has generated 42,000...
Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...worked. It didn’t work in the 1930s and after 6 years of austerity it has finally been abandoned as the overarching policy goal. But what it has left behind is a legacy of increased inequality by region and income class. An obvious scapegoat is excessive immigration, and this in my view is what has driven the Brexit movement in England. The situation in Scotland, Wales...
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors...
Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19
Society, Politics & Law

Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19

...work during the pandemic. Together, we celebrate women’s resilience and demand better for women. From December 2020 to March 2021, one thousand women members participated in an online questionnaire, the answers to which informed this video, showcasing the work and homelife experiences of women in education professions. Teachers and lecturers offer insight into the many...
Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...work then you should check that this feature hasn't been switched off or disabled. Check your browser's help files for more information on this. Kelly Kelly is fifteen years old and two months pregnant. Her parents separated when she was three and her father, with whom she lived after the separation, died when she was five. From then onwards, she moved from place to place...
World Bipolar Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Bipolar Day

...work life and enjoying weeks, months or sometimes years of stable mood. As long as someone gets the right treatment and support, it really is possible to live well with bipolar. [A mood scale from bipolar UK]Bipolar uk mood scale. Download PDF here.Show description Supporting people with bipolar While much of the work we do at Bipolar UK is to encourage wider...
Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges
Education & Development

Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges

...working. Furthermore, we introduced our most recent development, a cross-Nation eTwinning initiative, a practitioner-led intervention that brings participants and their pupils together in their language learning journeys. We explored what success means in the design and delivery of collaborative PL opportunities as ‘knowing to have helped others; being able to...
Understanding Fitness to Practise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Fitness to Practise

...work registrants. Similarly, it explains what Fitness to Practise is and why it is important for registrants to understand it along with how and why to raise a concern with a regulator. Animation 6 What is Fitness to Practise for social care and social work service users? [Witness to harm - Video 6] Transcript Animation 7 What is Fitness to Practise for social care and...