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Why is Netball and other team sports so important for female sports participation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Netball and other team sports so important for female sports participation?

...health outcomes of participation in team sports include: emotional social support; sense of belonging; higher self-esteem; social network; and social interaction. In addition, investigations of the research surrounding continued participation concluded that there was ‘extensive support’ for the role of team sport in encouraging engagement and maintaining long-term...
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What happens ‘When East Meets West’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens ‘When East Meets West’?

...health or medical issues. Both – if not well understood – could result in misinterpretation by those who teach and support students from different cultural backgrounds. They could see the student as not fully engaging or participating when actually they are enjoying learning. On the other hand, having the ability to engage online may help minimise barriers as some...
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Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces

...Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. While feedback can inform service improvement, many sites do not have the processes in place to engage bereaved carers in how to improve such spaces. Claire Henry MBE, and Marie Cooper, both nurses with extensive experience and expertise in end-of-life care, and Roberta Lovick, national campaigner for the promotion of...
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COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...Health recently posted a graph which purported to show that new cases in the five most impacted counties have dropped considerably for the past two weeks. That does appear to be the case from the figure, but look closely at the dates on the X-axis below… [Graph of Top 5 counties with the greatest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases] The dates are actually not in...
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Succeeding in postgraduate study Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...health, and will dampen your enjoyment. Try to balance your studies with your work and lifestyle. Make sure you also set aside time for friends, social activities, hobbies and other personal interests – you do need time to unwind and re-energise. Focus on your goals. Focus on your immediate goals (a deadline, activity, assignment) and your longer term goals (the end of...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...mentality and political contexts in which the Mafia thrived, and set out the familiar scenarios in which they operated. In this and his other short detective novels (often inconclusive and without happy endings) he suggested that to understand the Mafia you needed to know Sicilian history and culture. Williams and Sciascia belonged to the left-wing anti-fascist generation...
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Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?
Society, Politics & Law

Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?

...mental for rough sleepers: “I remember coming here in the mornings, like half eight in the mornings when it opens, just like, you know, so relieved to just get in somewhere, and I'd get myself in the shower. Sometimes I'd just stand, you know, I'd stand under that hot shower for about ten minutes just standing there, you know, kind of recharging myself.” However,...
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Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...mental health, and she had support from the adolescent mental health team for some years. Amina also disclosed to the midwife that she and Ali are having arguments about money and sometimes he drinks quite a lot of alcohol. Now answer the following questions about the scenario you selected. 1. Critical analysis demands the recognition of multiple perspectives. Can you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs