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Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...social sciences module, and realised about a month into it I've made a huge mistake. It didn't make me want to read on and do it, so that personal excitement I wanted wasn't there. So I dropped it, and re-registered with something else. SPEAKER 3 Multi subject study is really something that students like doing. The most popular degree across the university. Almost 20% of...
Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...socially with friends may not be appropriate in the workplace. Consider who you will be talking to – what might their expectations be? A key starting point is to establish the purpose of the communication. For example, explaining a technical process might require a different communication style to mediating an argument between disgruntled colleagues. Activity 3 Adapting...
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...social skills: researchers found that when part of an asphalt play area was transformed into a more natural area with vegetation, children’s social behaviour changed; they showed less aggression when playing in the natural area than on the asphalt area. Another study that compares children’s behaviour on natural vs. less natural areas of a play environment found that...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...social interaction within their households and communities over their life. The activities include assisting with household chores, caring for family members, undertaking religious practices, engaging in hobbies, or sharing stories, literature or other forms of media. Knowledge and understandings are also developed as part of social networks that go beyond the individual...
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...social context within which it has arisen, have given the debate a longevity and potency perhaps far beyond that which the scientific arguments themselves warrant. MMR vaccine consists of a freeze-dried preparation of live but weakened (attenuated) virus particles, intended to provoke recognition of the measles, mumps and rubella viruses by the body's immune system but...
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (WHO, 2022). This definition of health is more than 70 years old and despite the many medical advances that have happened in that time, the definition is still the same. It states that physical and mental health are of equal importance, it also suggests that where people live, who they live with, and...
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...social group, charity or non-governmental organisation. While there are many variants and overlaps between these broad distinctions, and numerous academic books and discussions about the nature of organisations, the above definition of organisations and awareness of purpose offers a working understanding of organisations that provides the basis for exploring the way...
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...Social impact: Family composition, Living arrangements, Housing demand, Migration trends, Health care Political impact: Voting patterns, Political representation The elderly bring: Inspiration – values, Work ethic – culture, Leadership – tradition, Wisdom – legacy But with age comes: Health concerns, Vulnerability, Uncertainty But with less money how can countries...