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Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...et al., 2016). Therefore, vocal elements, such as tone, plus facial expressions, eye contact, attentiveness and posture have much more of an impact than we may consciously realise. Moreover, nonverbal communication can influence interview outcomes, even if these are very discrete. For example, in their review of research on nonverbal communication in the workplace,...
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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...institutions are set to act, beginning in November 2022 and escalating in early 2023 at the beginning of the new semester. The higher education sector faces significant disruption, with sister unions UNISON and UNITE, representing some of the lowest paid workers in universities, having also secured mandates for action in some institutions (in a disaggregated ballot)....
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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...et al., 2023). ‘Practicescapes’ (Costello et al. 2024) describe speculative approaches where practitioners explore possibilities through generative, poetic methods creating conditions for thinking differently by unsettling habitual patterns and opening space for possibility. Going further, imagining vibrant ecologies of professional learning (Jackson, 2019) invites a...
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How can you use sand to store energy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you use sand to store energy?

...Institute of Science and Technology, uses gravity to drain sand from a higher basin into a lower one, heating up the sand grains with solar power during the transition. In the lower basin, the energy can be stored and withdrawn at low cost to provide extra energy if needed, for example during peak hours and at night-time. "Two pilot models of the system have been tested...
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Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...institutions (Universities or otherwise) should be playing in this continuum of knowledge exchange? With most people today being confident users of digital media, the traditional way of academic dissemination solely or mainly happening behind the “closed doors” of peer reviewed publishing appears to be anachronistic, cumbersome and ineffective in certain respects....
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Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit
Money & Business

Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit

...institutions, public bodies, businesses, and other organisations share their journeys towards new ways of working, alongside expert voices in sustainability and futures planning. Hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | Also available in Welsh. Free online courses Articles and activities Read more about the collection The collection hears from those in higher education institutions...
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Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...institutional window dressing in our highly performative culture. The requirement that children should be ‘taught to find pleasure in reading’ appears to have prompted many schools to refurbish/reclaim their libraries and buy new books. Some have even purchased double decker buses, tents, tree houses and caravans to deck out as school libraries, as well as garden...
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Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?
Education & Development

Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?

...institutions - and other public spaces are likely to follow. Alison Gash explains why it's important...Bathroom safety has become the next battle for transgender students on college campuses across the nation. Often referred to as “bathroom desegregation,” calls for safer bathrooms have inspired “shit-ins” at California Polytechnic and San Diego State, where...
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