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An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...busy, these stories can sometimes be reduced down to headlines, titles or very small snippets during conversations with colleagues or learners. Allowing ourselves the time and space to go beyond these headlines (and five minutes can sometimes feel like a very long time) allows us to immerse ourselves in a broader view of practices. This breadth is critical to appreciative...
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...Business School...Week 2: Travelling from star birth to star death: Introduction - Last week, you looked at the constellation of Orion, and named its brightest stars. At the start of Week 2, you’ll dive straight in and find out what a star actually is, how they form and their lifecycle, then travel more deeply into Orion and study those stars. The following video, which...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...money out. Alternatively it might exceed the manufacturing cost, in which case the company makes a profit, or it might be less than the cost, and the company must subsidise the product manufacture from some other activity. This occurs more often that you might first think. In most countries it is possible to buy a mobile phone for much less than its manufacturing cost....
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...busy flying. I think maybe he's flying back to his own home. What do you think? 'Tiptoe creep up the path. Up the path that is hiding. A path at once welcomed. A path that is winding. A path that's now covered in weeds.' Look at the young boy and girl, staring intently down the garden path. Look all the weeds, the bugs, the insects, all around them. Oh, there's that bird...
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...business, might not be transferable, for example to sport (Wagstaff et al., 2017). In simple terms, resilience is ‘the ability to use personal qualities to withstand pressure’ (Fletcher and Sarkar, 2016, p. 136). In the sporting context, resilience relates to an athlete’s ability to manage daily stressors, where stressor is defined as ‘the environmental demands...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...money out of hormone replacement. So you get things like, our ovaries are failing, and things are in decline. And actually, it's just a normal biological process. It does have some symptoms for some women that are very unpleasant. But this idea that it's unnatural and needs to be controlled, is something that's very powerful. WOMAN 1 And again, personally, I'm...
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...money and sometimes he drinks quite a lot of alcohol. Now answer the following questions about the scenario you selected. 1. Critical analysis demands the recognition of multiple perspectives. Can you provide at least two additional perspectives on the information provided (e.g. the point of view of different family members or professionals, or different ways of viewing...
Nine days' wonder in York
History & The Arts

Nine days' wonder in York

...business-like?" I pursued. "Well, I shouldn't like to say that, sir. But—they seem rather harder, sir; at least, judging from what I see of them in York, sir. Rather harder, sir." We remained not the less friends with that mystery between us; and I bought my last melon of him on my last morning, when the early September had turned somewhat sharply chill. That turn made...