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Introducing professional practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing professional practice

...social factors A Culture of Blame: Changing Climate of Social Work Patrick Eyre, a social worker talks about 'the blame culture' in social work A Culture of Blame: Lack of Trust and a negative image Patrick talks about how the lack of a climate of trust has had a specific impact on child protection A Culture of Blame: The way forward Patrick looks to the future for...
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Audio 54 mins
Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...Social Science and Psychology The Social Science and Psychology Pathway tackles some of the key question in the study of society and individuals. Why do places carry meaning for people? What are our rights as citizens? Why are we so fascinated by crime? What shapes our identity and why? This pathway will stimulate your curiosity, encourage you to challenge assumptions, to...
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Activity 1 hr
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...temp which was a huge gamble as there were no guarantees the job would become permanent past the festive period despite assurances from her friend that Royal Mail keeps on all the workers it defines as ‘hard-working’. While my friend speaks positively about working for Royal Mail, she acknowledges that there was no assistance to help her with the online tests in...
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Article 10 mins
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...social justice project – it seems that businesses are increasingly relying on sponsorship to sell their brand. This weeks episode of the Bottom Line discusses the opportunities and dangers involved with this burgeoning global sponsorship market. Given its growing importance, sponsorship can do more than just profit companies but also help to influence positive social...
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Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...Social Care courses and qualifications. As part of the Ageing Well Public Talk Series we explore how important it is to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration throughout our lives, as well as regular physical and social activity in older age. Within the series we also explore how this knowledge might be used to facilitate self-management and delay the ageing...
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Article 5 mins
The Language of Comedy
Languages

The Language of Comedy

...social importance of comedy? What are the techniques used with language to create different types of humour? This series looks at how entertainers manipulate language to generate humour, and what this reveals about the nature of comedy and its function in society. Featuring Henning Wehn, on cross cultural humour, Isy Suttie, on crafting a joke and Graham Fellows on...
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Video 26 mins
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...social data. Who controls what the image is saying? You will look at how photographs provide visual evidence and how they can illustrate and support our ideas about society...What does a picture or an image tell you? This free course, Reading visual images, is an introduction to analysing and interpreting photographs as social data. Who controls what the image is saying?...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Communication in the healthcare sector
Education & Development

Communication in the healthcare sector

...Social Care...Types of communication in the healthcare sector [Communication in the healthcare sector page images] This is a resource that highlights forms of communication in Health and Social Care. The resource applies to students studying level 3 concepts in the field such as Principles and Contexts or A levels. Open this resouce. Communication (Principles and Contexts...
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Activity 5 mins