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Fracking: Is it possible to persuade the public that the benefits outweigh the risks
Nature & Environment

Fracking: Is it possible to persuade the public that the benefits outweigh the risks

...social context in which they develop. This means that while science tends to separate out technical risks and provide information on them, many of the concerns present among local people stem from wider social concerns. These include worries over monitoring and enforcement, a lack of trust in the shale gas industry and associated regulators. If the information aimed at...
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Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...college experience’, Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 18, 3 pages 142 – 150. Meddings, S., McGregor, J., Roeg, W. and Shepherd, G. (2015) ’Recovery colleges: quality and outcomes", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 19, 4, pages 212 – 221. Southern Health NHS http://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/health-and-wellbeing/recovery/college/frequently-asked-questions/...
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Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Magical Modernity in a Muggle World? Witchcraft, Spirituality and Everyday Enchantment

...social theorist Max Weber - has been to trap us in the ‘iron cage of modernity’; stripped of magic and superstition we are prevented from contemplating what might lie beyond this lacklustre façade. For the rational minded, just as for Uncle Vernon, the world experienced by Harry, Hermione and Ron is kept firmly at arm's length, presented as completely unachievable...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste

...social role? A significant, but often forgotten, element of art is promotion. The ability to not only create something new and inspiring but also share it with the world. Great artists of the past such as Dali and Warhol were renowned self-promoters. This speaks to the affinities between art and marketing. Namely, the skills needed to properly and effectively market your...
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What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?

...social and cognitive stimulation. [Mediterranean diet. Fruit, vegetables, grain, nuts olive oil and fish on wood] Increasing moderate exercise is very beneficial especially if we can get outdoors (more on green and blues spaces here). Aiming for healthy nutrition, especially a Mediterranean style diet, provides protection against cardiovascular disease . Good hydration...
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Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...social circumstances can participate successfully. These are the ideas that we are talking about when we use the term ‘accessibility’. Experience has shown us that it is better to consider accessibility at the beginning as well as throughout a process. It is often much more difficult to incorporate accessibility after a complex product has been completed (often termed...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...social media, computer games, digital hearing aids, advanced driver assistance systems, healthcare technology such as drug delivery systems, mobile applications, web services and many more. [Described image] Figure 1 A man types on an early version of the Apple II personal computer, released in 1977 As computing technology has developed, the nature of users’ interaction...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...work effectively to support school activities and stakeholders, and in particular how you can support and manage aspects of the change agenda in your school to improve teaching and learning outcomes...There is an ongoing revolution in the running of state schools and this is making the position of the school business manager both significant and necessary. Government...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs