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What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?

...health service and social services that contributes to the issue and it is this that needs to be addressed. The lack of social care for older people, whether this relates to places in care homes or services that assist older people to live in their own homes, is a major contributing factor to delayed discharge. Care for older people outside of the hospital needs to be...
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Can high blood pressure protect the over-80s from dementia?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can high blood pressure protect the over-80s from dementia?

...health of the blood vessels in Alzheimer’s disease. Based on the current understanding, maintaining blood pressure within the “Goldilocks range” – not too high, not too low – is still the best course of action for reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...
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British Science Week
Science, Maths & Technology

British Science Week

...working world. The links below explore some debates and questions surrounding the topic. Health Sciences - anxiety and pain Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions in our FREE course 'Understanding anxiety'. Plus, pain - we all understand what pain is, don't we? Or do we? Try one of our FREE courses to learn more!...
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Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...health, and involvement in offending and anti-social behaviour. It is often argued that positive ‘male role models’ are increasingly absent from home, schools, childcare settings, and the media - and that involving more men in young men’s education and care is key to solving many of the difficulties they face. But perhaps this ‘commonsense’ view is simplistic....
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Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
Education & Development

Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education

...health pandemic, making such pedagogical and relational revisions takes on strategic importance as an element in strengthening the resilience of internationally accessible higher education. Last, but not least, there is an opportunity to develop a shared understanding of the evolving 'commonwealth' in education. This evolution is bound to become critically important on...
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Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...health point of view), arrived in Valencia few hours later (around 1100h). The third ship was the Italian naval vessel “Orion” with 250people on board. According to the information provided by the Spanish Ministry of Interior, there were 26 different nationalities on board. The 10 main nationalities were from Sudan, Nigeria, Eritrea, South Sudan, Algeria, Ghana,...
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Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...public sector challenges’ (OECD, 2017) says about change: ‘Complexity and uncertainty are now the norm—they are contexts—not just risks. The world seems to operate by a new set of rules that are difficult to observe directly… called… the VUCA1 world, which originally described the Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity left behind by the end of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Languages

Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...publics ; des expositions temporaires qui font le lien entre science et technologie ; l’impact de la Cité sur le quartier. Figure 3...Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris: Activité 2 - Afin de mieux préparer votre étude de la vidéo, vous allez écouter des clips audio qui vous donneront une idée de la diversité des expositions permanentes organisées...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs