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Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...et al., 2024). The course will also include findings from other published work focussing on the management of children’s pain in hospital. [Described image] Figure 1 Framework for delivering effective pain management (Simons et al., 2020) Hospital experiences often involve pain, with up to 80% of hospitalised children having at least one painful procedure every 24...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...Institute for Sustainable Development What about post 2015? To date as we proceed from the MDG’s to the Post-2015 Development agenda, it is worth reviewing the achievements as well as rethinking the goals. There are already a number of activities being undertaken by the global community feeding towards this, not least led by the UN (e.g. MDG Report). [A panel discuss...
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How large is the UK alternative finance sector?
Money & Business

How large is the UK alternative finance sector?

...institutional investors, including traditional banks and government through organisations such as the British Business Bank. [A disused bank which has reopened as a pub] Will a lot of other bank buildings be searching for new purposes as alternative finances grow? Pushing Boundaries - 2015 UK Alternative Finance is jointly published by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative...
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Article 5 mins
What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today
Education & Development

What the 2024 Paris Olympics can tell us about French language policy today

...institutions whose role it is to defend ‘la langue de Molière’ had other ideas. A political decision? [The Olympic mascot for Paris 2024. A red soft toy, based on the hat worn during the French Revolution. Triangular shape.]The Olympic Phryge, mascot of Paris 2024, based on the hat worn as a symbol of freedom during the French Revolution.As the official language of...
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Article 5 mins
Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26
Nature & Environment

Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26

...institutions such as sovereign wealth funds, professional associations, and financial institutions. Individuals divest through ensuring their personal investments or pensions funds are fossil-free or choosing a bank that does not support the fossil fuel industry. Lobbying or petitioning employers, universities, or pension funds that support the fossil fuel industry to...
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Article 10 mins
HR at the heart of the productivity shift
Money & Business

HR at the heart of the productivity shift

...institutional flaws that rely largely on unpaid labour and goodwill. These conditions are exacerbated by the insatiable demands of 'time greedy' companies in a 21st capitalist world that never sleeps. In the long term this threat goes to the very core of modern HR efforts to manage productivity. The ethics of accounting can lead to a reality of growing unaccountability...
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Article 5 mins
Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education
Miscellaneous

Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education

...institutions have a responsibility to encourage more BAME students into STEM subjects and shift this industry wide disparity. Representatives from The Open University, Queen’s University and Ulster University discussed the stories behind some of Northern Ireland’s STEM academics, who represent the BAME community and are committed to instigating change. They shared...
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Article 5 mins
Fiscal Responsibility and Monetary Policy
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal Responsibility and Monetary Policy

...discusses State Intervention Stimulus Spending Mariana Mazzucato (Professor of Economics, Sussex University) discusses Stimulus Spending Quantative Easing Pontus Rendahl (Dept of Economics, Cambridge University) discusses Pros and Cons quantitative easing Fiscal Policy Waltraud Schelkle (European Institute, London School of Economics) discusses automatic stabilizers...
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Video 20 mins