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Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...study approach... Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment A short introduction to this album Visual Impairment: Derek 's Story Derek Child describes how he felt when he lost his sight. Training techniques Derek talks about long cane training and his decision to do guide dog training. Dealing with External Environment Derek describes the difficulties faced on the...
Understanding Identity
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Identity

...study of risk. Interest groups would be beneficial. Ethnicity - what is it? he increasing visibility of different races and ethnicities in all aspects of British life. Is this trend is likely to continue or whether a kind of ‘English ethnicity’ assert itself? Ethnicity and race The implications of race and ethnicity for racism. Racism - individual and institutional...
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...studying this course, you should be able to: list the main components of cells summarise the structure and function of the different components outline how cell ultrastructure is related to cell function identify cell organelles and the main cytoskeletal components in diagrams and EM micrographs and interpret simple EM images...A tour of the cell: 1 Introducing the cell -...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...study by Kimber et al. (2023) exploring coaches’ experience of working with neurodivergent athletes, one participant captures how this applies within a sporting context: I think some of their focus and determination is rooted in the(ir) autism … their determination and single-mindedness with the task at hand, that can be quite helpful. Through a strengths-based...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...skills for futures and foresight planning, to plan for the unknown, and the known. This course introduces you to futures and foresight planning and explores different frameworks to develop your skills to plan for an uncertain future and considers how you can become a more sustainable organisation in the face of continuing change and evolving employee expectations...In...
Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"

...studies, demonstrating a fervent labour to reconcile a narrative gap felt by those persons under his care, and to explain to his readers how many of those with atypical neurology achieve a different but no less rich orientation to the world. Seeking the self Sacks showed a particular fondness for such cases, for persons who devoted themselves – sometimes ascetically,...
When is the best time to buy plane tickets?
Money & Business

When is the best time to buy plane tickets?

...Studies have suggested that prices can be higher or lower on a given day of the week – yet, there is no clear consensus on which day that is. Offered prices can in fact drop at any time before the flight, yet they are much more likely to increase than decrease over the last several weeks before the flight’s departure. Further, the airlines prefer to wait for the...
How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...studies include those that linked vaccines to autism, a connection that has long been debunked, and one that claimed HIV doesn’t cause AIDS. Modern-day propaganda Fake news is fabricated with the intention of misleading readers, usually for political gain or economic profit. It has been defined as “a catch-all term encompassing propaganda, misinformation,...