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Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...children’s hospital ward. If you are interested in exploring Joan’s experiences and research further, there are also two published journal articles available to read: Simons, J.M. and MacDonald, L.M. (2006) ‘Changing practice: implementing validated paediatric pain assessment tools’, Journal of Child Health Care, vol. 10, no.2, pp. 160–76 Simons, J.M. and...
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...children from poor families to go on holiday. It's really sad how thousands of children in the UK have never been away from home and they haven't had a single family holiday in their whole life. They just spend the holidays hanging around and don't get to see other places. Some kids have never even seen the sea, built a sand castle, run along a beach. If you could give...
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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...children (and indeed, the ways schools serve wider societal goals). Thus, the student voice is important and the subject can seem fragmented and distant. See what one student, Jessica, had to say by clicking on 'view document' below. View document Wider and deeper considerations are also important. In a significant article, Bill Marsden points out some of the dangers of...
Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...children...Owen Jones has taken on a big job documenting the way most of the citizens of these islands are commonly portrayed. It’s a task long overdue given the changes that have turned "the salt of the earth" into the target of routine abuse by The Sun and Daily Mail, the patronised guests of Jeremy Kyle and the caricatures of Little Britain. "Chavs" - a 21st century...
FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality
Science, Maths & Technology

FabLab Nepal: creative learning as a way towards equality

...children from low-income families and girls. [Map of the locations] One of the key emphases of the programme was in fact on encouraging gender equality in the STEAM sector of Nepal by allocating more than half of the available seats to female students, who still face an opportunity deficit in Nepal as they are more likely to be sent to CG schools than boys. [Photo of some...
Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?
Society, Politics & Law

Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?

...research fellow with the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden, explained at the conference. “We are locked in to using phosphorus [in agriculture]. The question now is who will have most of it and how efficiently will it be utilised? There are already one billion people in the world who are hungry. It could be two or three billion by 2050 and I don’t see that as...
How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Science, Maths & Technology

How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?

...Researchers and policymakers should also map out the human, social and ecological conditions that may allow such expansion, according to Wandiga. Also, farmers should slowly substitute coffee with other plants that may bring income. William Ndegwa, Kitui County director at the Kenya Meteorological Department, says the model used in the research is a powerful tool for...
Coronavirus: The Lowdown
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: The Lowdown

...research We currently have two investigations related to COVID-19. It would be great if you could take part in this research by The Open University and the Young Foundation. Share your experiences of Covid-19 and get a chance to see what others are doing and posting in your area. COVID 19 AND COMMUNITY COVID 19 AND YOU What are the symptoms of coronavirus? The main...