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Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...types of sport as the antithesis to the sanitized and safer World in which we live, he suggested that "We have a profoundly ambivalent attitude to risk - all the heroes you find are the risk-takers, then you turn around and find the Health and Safety Executive looking over your shoulder making sure that you are safe". Is it possible that as life has become safer the rise...
Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...types is good communication. Communication can be written or non-verbal and includes listening as well as talking. Knowing how to adapt your communication style for different situations, audiences and formats, and writing and speaking – i.e., communicating – clearly and effectively sustain and support rewarding and productive relationships. Conflict, which may arise...
Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Education & Development

Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking

...types of people, such as white, male, heterosexuals, and exclusions – and worse, harm – for others, such as those who are black or brown, female and LGBTQ+. To help me challenge how the “matrix of power” creates racist and sexist inequalities in fashion design education I have turned to Black and women of colour feminist writings that show the value of personal...
Black History Month 2022 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2022 talks

...in Hate Speech Detection with a focus on ‘Misogynoir’ - a unique form of misogyny experienced by Black women with the intersection of sexism and racism. His study explores how misogynoir manifests online and how it could be mitigated since existing technologies for hate speech detection do not address this type of hate and protect Black women accordingly. Transcript...
‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism

...type of athlete activist during the period of the Civil Rights Movements and fuelled by the rise in the Black Power Movement. Jim Brown, Bill Russell, and Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) paved the way for a new generation of athletes to articulate themselves through political engagement with the Black community while demanding dignity, respect and social...
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...De Stobbeleir (2022) quip: ‘functioning optimally in a hybrid working environment requires more than just good Wi-Fi and an ergonomic office chair at home’. Leaders must recognise that different skills will be needed to support their employees and managers. Hybrid meetings – to build bridges between those in the office and those working at home – are tricky;...
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...types and the influence of location and importantly assessment of your own skills, values and attitudes to risk. The course is focused on practical advice from real entrepreneurs, and will signpost you to where you can find additional support and how you can further develop your own capabilities. Transcript Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an...
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...types (McGeown et al., 2015, 2020). For example, they may read in order to satisfy their curiosity and understand more about dinosaurs, space, their football team, or women in history, or may read in order to relax, or may seek the enjoyment of revisiting familiar characters in a book or comic series. Many will also value the opportunity to connect to and experience...