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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...community or one that rejects you. The ultimate outcome of second language learning efforts is not purely an act of willpower or the result of the learner’s personal choices. The discourse around “integration shirking” is one of victim blaming Blaming individuals for having made choices outside their control is patently unjust. Not only is the stigma of lack of...
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Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...Communication at New York University featuring scholars Simone Browne, Anita Say Chan, Lilly Irani, Lawrence Liang, and Jack Qiu (Chakravartty and Mills, 2018). Decolonising computing tends to be framed by such scholars in terms of exploring the kind of computing being done in the periphery / at the margins (or borders) of the modern/colonial world system informed by a...
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What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...community support for young adult carers because this type of support was not available in my local area. I want to show that the caring we do makes a difference. I hope the SATTA research (the research led by Geraldine) will show that young adult carers like you and me need encouragement and support from staff in the NHS, social care and workplaces. Despite any...
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Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...communicate their values and build relationships with clients at a human level. Maintaining trust in social workers and other professions relies on human ethical practice. We need to continue to think of the ways that technology can help or hinder us at individual, local and global levels – all of which matters to social work. References Curry N., McEnery T. & Brookes...
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Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...community. Comment Identifying the kinds of people who are valued as leaders is a valuable method of critical self-reflection. One influential body of leadership theory, rooted in social psychology, maintains that organisations and sectors tend to choose leaders who are typical of the broader group (Hogg, 2001; Hogg and Terry, 2000). For example, if an organisation seems...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...communities to insecure work, long-term unemployment for many people. And as a result, you have these tensions, these fissures which exist and what we have seen with strivers versus skivers is particularly an appeal to the working poor, people struggling to make ends meet, who feel resentful at this idea of someone down the road enjoying a higher standard of living than...
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An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...community...2. The context of leadership in Wales: 2. The context of leadership in Wales - In reality, few organisations have completely distinct structures, and different leadership approaches may be practised in different parts of the same organisation. Power may appear to exist in a demarcated, hierarchical structure, and this may reflect forms of perceived expert...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...communication along with written communication is going to be the absolute must. And I think if you become really good at that, particularly the written conversation, because these notes are not just going to be for you, for users; those notes are going to be read by other people and they have to be meaningful for them. And has to reflect and has to be understood and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs