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What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...working long hours while travelling in a confined space at high altitude requiring them to monitor their nutrition, hydration, stress, and fitness levels; their main concern being maintaining a Class 1 medical enabling them to keep working safely and doing what they love. Psychological Skills Training (PST) · Arousal regulation The aviation industry still draws on the...
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The importance of education for students in secure environments
Education & Development

The importance of education for students in secure environments

...work. Only nine of the 32 institutions inspected were judged to be good or outstanding. Specific challenges faced by SiSE learners Most students in secure environments struggle to have an equitable experience of higher education as they often have limited access to the internet and are therefore provided with an ‘offline pack’ of the materials they require from the...
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...working in social justice for over two decades. One of the criticisms of the sector that I do take to heart, is being called a do-gooder. While on the surface it is a negative label, it says a lot about the people who use the tag to criticise those of us who are passionate about human rights, equality and inclusion. Unfortunately, do-gooder is not the worst label people...
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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...working adults – lived at home. It provided great flexibility, dividing degree programs into smaller modules, which students could complete sequentially or simultaneously, and by stopping and starting according to their needs. It made heavy use of computers, not initially for teaching but to grade multiple-choice tests and schedule course mailings. Instructors lacked...
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The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...work. The biometric instruments are: Facial Recognition (FR): compares the face and facial expressions using images and videos. Voice Recognition (VR): compares voice structures with the learner model. Keystroke Dynamics (KD): compares the rhythm and speed of typing when using the keyboard with the learner model. Face presentation attack detection (FPAD): detects...
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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...Work/Life Balance [work life balance illustration] While in the past there was often a clear boundary between where work life ended, and home life began… this area is now very much grey. Most of us have our work emails on our phones, making us constantly available and contactable. This makes it very difficult for us to ever truly disengage from work and relax. 4:...
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The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace

...work suggest that emotional intelligence: plays a key role in promoting wellbeing and positive emotions (Zeidner, Matthews and Roberts, 2012) protects against emotional distress when faced with stressful situations (Gohm et al., 2005) preserves higher self-esteem and self-efficacy (belief in ability to control our own behaviour, emotions, and motivations), reducing...
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...work, school not paid labour, family rather than public life and consumption instead of production. Yet this is all relatively recent. A hundred years ago, a twelve-year-old working in a factory would have been perfectly acceptable. Now, it would cause social services' intervention and the prosecution of both parents and factory owner. American colonial families:...
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