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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...article to help improve these skills. Demonstrating empathy – Cox and Bachkirova (2007) stress the need for the coach to acknowledge and understand emotion as normal, working to understand coachee’s emotional reactions and difficulties, rather than ignoring or trying to change or control them (i.e., displaying emotional intelligence.) Collaboration and facilitation...
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Is Huawei's low-key approach the secret of its success?
Money & Business

Is Huawei's low-key approach the secret of its success?

...et al. 2016) which we do not aim to repeat or claim to validate). Firstly, like many others across China, the employees of Huawei take naps at lunchtime. They have lunch in huge canteens then return to their cubicles, roll out camp beds kept hidden under their desks, and go to sleep (with the office lights turned out and blinds drawn). The whole company knows not to call...
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Why getting active with children is good for parents too
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why getting active with children is good for parents too

...et al, 2019). What next? Although the project showed positive outcomes for the parents involved, more than 90% of these were white mums so there is more work needed to increase the involvement of dads and parents from other ethnic groups. The findings also showed that families wanted to carry on taking part in physical activity sessions when they had completed the...
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Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?
Digital & Computing

Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?

...Yet current laws still perpetuate the myth that hands-free is safe, a message echoed in the media and supported by growth in hands-free technology in cars. Drivers need to know the real dangers of hands-free phone use so they can make informed decisions about how safe their actions are. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?
Digital & Computing

In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?

...it seems clear that something radical needs to be done to get drivers’ focus back onto the driving task itself – and to challenge the perception that getting from A to B is a good opportunity to indulge in catching up on a bit of C. This article was originally published on The Conversation by Dr Gemma Briggs, Helen Wells and Leanne Savigar. Read the original article....
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Vikings - just misunderstood?
History & The Arts

Vikings - just misunderstood?

...the earliest investors in global technologies in a post-Roman world that, even then, was increasingly international. And today, as a modern recreation of a Viking vessel embarks for the first ever Viking exhibition in China, it’s clear their appeal is truly global. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...article explores key barriers and outlines strategies for a more inclusive research environment...Universities – whose name derives from the Latin ‘universitas’ meaning ‘the whole’ – must foster inclusive environments where diverse perspectives are valued, and all academics receive equal support regardless of gender, background or identity. Despite...
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Welcome to nowhere special
Languages

Welcome to nowhere special

...Article 14 stipulates that “The inscription of words on informative signs […] in countries not using the Latin alphabet shall be both in the national language and in the form of a transliteration into the Latin alphabet reproducing as closely as possible the pronunciation in the national language.” As more and more countries have become signatories mono-script...
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