2,105 search results

What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...Research shows that as well as providing us with a form of entertainment, the activity of reading can bring benefits to our wellbeing in challenging times. People have experienced and explored these benefits throughout history. A good story can entertain us, develop our creativity and imagination, and transport us to different fictional worlds, but it can change us...
QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...research is still in its infancy. While researching for this project it was obvious that more research and evaluation is necessary to ascertain the impact of hiring African and Caribbean coaches to their national teams in comparison to White coaches from the Global North. It is only in recent times that coaches of African and Caribbean heritage have been given the...
FGM prevalence and healthcare planning
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM prevalence and healthcare planning

...Research undertaken by Bailot et al. (2014) for the Scottish Refugee Council estimated that 24,000 people had originated from FGM-practising countries. Although this study was instrumental in providing baseline data to inform the national FGM intervention strategy, it was conducted over 10 years ago and can no longer be a true reflection of the migrant population. At the...
Leadership and followership Badge icon
Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...research. By participating in this high profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others....Week 1: Where are you starting from?: Introduction - Welcome to Week 1 of this free badged...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...research, and the laboratory scientist claimed a greater authority than the clinical practitioner. The diagnosis of particular infectious diseases now relied on tests on tissue samples performed at the lab bench, not simply on the subjective analysis of patterns of symptoms. At the time Nicholas Jewson published his article ‘The disappearance of the sick-man from...
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...research or scholarship. Through structured activities introducing the 4D model of appreciative inquiry, you will use story techniques to identify existing strengths...This free course, An appreciative approach to inquiry, is designed to support groups of practitioners or individuals adopt an appreciative inquiry approach to reflecting, questioning, and developing their...
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...research that explored how to improve the care and support for older people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge others, and their families...What does excellent care and support for older people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges others look like? How do you know when you see it? How can it be replicated across different...
Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...research is taking place. The key points I explored with my participants in the semi-structured interviews considered the following: Experiences of migration and being a migrant parent in the UK, particularly reflecting on the impact of Brexit vote in 2016 Reflections on gendered nature of parenting, particularly acknowledging the demands of intensive parenting and how...