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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...health institutions, most recently centring on the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, Scotland. My particular focus is on the use of music, with both social and therapeutic functions. Here, I’ve found programmes for annual Valentine’s concerts starting in the late-1840s which both demonstrate some of the repertoire in popular use at the time and illustrate some...
Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...publications/inclusive-britain-update-report/inclusive-britain-update-report Guarino, C. M. and Borden, V. M. H. (2017) ‘Faculty service loads and gender: Are women taking care of the academic family?’ Research in Higher Education, 58(6), pp. 672–97. Hamilton, B. and Manias, E. (2006) ‘‘She’s manipulative and he’s right off’: A critical analysis of...
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...health and wellbeing, inclusive practice and specialist provision - [Described image] Figure 4 Learning environments. While the classroom remains a central site for learning in the primary years, other environments, such as the beach or a local museum, can offer rich learning opportunities. In these other environments, outside typical school routines and expectations,...
Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont
Society, Politics & Law

Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont

...health issues, crying at the hands of two inspectors who were bullying and threatening to sack him. They then yelled at me to leave or face the sack too. I refused; tempers frayed – by this time we were all involved. Someone tried to calm the cleaner and I left and called control, insisting they come down to sort this out. They arrived 15 minutes later, took statements...
5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...Health and Wellbeing courses As the Dementia UK report indicates, severity of dementia is also linked to increasing age. There are therefore serious implications for quality of life (QL) and care of those living with dementia in long term facilities. Dementia is characterized by a range of cognitive impairments such as difficulty in speaking, communicating and...
The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...Health Science called SDK100 Science and health: an evidence based approach. This module contains a topic on infectious disease and the immune system that is the first topic of study and is the first module in our degree in Health Sciences (Q71). We also run a more detailed third level module on the immune system and infectious diseases called SK320 Infectious diseases...
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...health services, people with learning disabilities, and people with physical disabilities, and also old people. So really, we cover a wide spectrum. Predominantly, nine times out of 10, we work on our own. We work through the night, which means that we have to prioritise work. We have to do assessments and investigations. And so there's a lot of responsibility and...
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...public to understand and use. Whatever the reason for the change in the law, policy research provides the information or evidence to support the proposal, which makes it more persuasive and authoritative. This course will explain how to carry out effective policy research, including designing your methodology, researching ethically, collating your data, analysing it and...