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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...health. [This is a map of Guyana] Map showing the location of Guyana At 18, Betty entered the world of work, beginning in the Department of Transport and Harbours before joining the civil service in the Housing and Planning Authority. Here she took on the role of Women’s Housing Officer, interviewing families, and investigating and recording the conditions in the slum...
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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...health outcomes for BAME communities and is not only an area of inquiry related to police and criminal justice systems. Research into how institutional, structural and systemic racism manifest to disadvantage people of non-White ethnic and racial groups is well established. For instance, there is a large body of research exploring racial achievement gaps between White and...
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People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...health and well-being benefits of singing for people with dementia and their carers, Dementia, 15(6) 1326–1339. Rubin, DC; Rahhal, TA; Poon, LW, (1998) ‘Things learned in early adulthood are remembered best’ Memory & Cognition, 26 (1), pp. 3-19. Särkämö, T. M; et al., (2014) ‘Cognitive, emotional, and social benefits of regular musical activities in early...
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Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...health. So it’s good to plan ahead and give yourself a menu of adjustments you can deploy if the session doesn’t seem to be running smoothly for everyone. Adjustments might include: • regular breaks for students to take care of their physical needs • keeping cameras switched off so that students can listen while stretching or stimming • or alternating activities...
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Mary Shelley: the expert view
History & The Arts

Mary Shelley: the expert view

...health, she was sent away for long periods to recuperate. During one memorable journey she hid her money carefully in her stays for safety; nevertheless it was stolen from her! From the age of thirteen she had terrible eczema, possibly triggered by her poor relationship with her stepmother. The poet Percy Shelley was already married when he became involved with Mary. They...
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Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...health centre to illustrate this point. In this example, the health centre uses a computerised booking system and the patient may phone or visit the health centre to make an appointment. Therefore, the system includes a patient, a receptionist, a doctor, and a computerised booking system. The example shown in Figure 1 shows how this system could be represented using a...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...mental health. Watch the following TED Talk on the divide between hearing and deaf worlds and answer the following questions. a.Think about whether the parents, the school and the former partner of the described deaf girl made attempts at bridging. Why do you think this did not work? Discussion You might argue that the people in the life of the deaf girl in the story are...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury
Society, Politics & Law

Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury

...mental state of President Trump. Here, Wolff’s relationship with Steve Bannon offers an illuminating and, one would hope, honest take – especially given Bannon’s political fallout with both Trump and the Mercer family. There seems nowhere else to start other than Wolff’s now infamous ‘Author’s Note’ at the beginning of the book. In it, Wolff discusses the...
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