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Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...mental health. They were a core component of prison education. Here was a practical application for the skill of reading, which could provide pleasure and expand horizons. Libraries, books, and reading offered one of the best chances for rehabilitation. ...Session 4: Education outside the prison school: 1 Books behind bars - An alternative form of education and...
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...mental methods - Being able to calculate mentally helps learners to develop a secure understanding of numbers and the number system, allows learners to develop their own intuitive methods and provides a firm foundation for written methods of calculation. The practice of doing mental calculations is an important skill in everyday life. It also helps to develop fluency and...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...health, social services and education have insights into the diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching assistants across the UK be able to identify some of the skills that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and that contribute to productive teamwork be reflecting on the value of the work of teaching assistants and on the support skills...
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...mental health problems, relationship breakdown, housing insecurity or loneliness.’ Some vulnerable people use A&E weekly or more BBC News hiu-summary-report-final.pdf (redcross.org.uk) Activity 4 Accessing services Timing: Allow approximately 5 minutes Think about your own work. Do you come into contact with people who regularly access services for similar reasons or...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection’ collated by The Open University in Wales. You can find out more and discover other courses, articles and interactives on the collection homepage...Session 6: Planning for retirement: Tell us what you think - Now you’ve come to the end of the course, we would appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete this short...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...mental abilities. Minds – Here, we'll explore the development of the idea that human thought might be a form of computation, from its origins in the 17th century, through the advent of the digital computer in the 20th, and into the Cybernetics and Symbolic AI movements of the recent past and the present. AI – In this section we'll examine the birth and intellectual...
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...Health and Economic (PSHE) curriculum...An education in Religion and Worldviews: 4 An education for life and employment - [A photograph of a group of medical professionals.] The Religion and Worldviews proposal is a potential container for bringing forward discussions which can aid community cohesion, teaching productive dialogue across different beliefs and backgrounds....
EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...health of financial firms under the Prudential Regulation Agency. But it’s also too old and wise an institution to take political sides in the Brexit debate. The assessment it published last October states clearly that EU membership has made the UK economy more open to trade, which helps it become more competitive and innovative. But it also points out that greater...