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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...managers to extremely poor women participating in the Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM) programme helped them understand the importance of using the water filters they were provided with through the programme (Roelen and Saha, 2019). In Bangladesh, community mobilisers helped to connect participants in the CLARISSA Cash Plus programme to government assistance and NGO-provided...
Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...Managing Relationships and Work References Conner, T. and Barrett, L. F. (2005) ‘Implicit self-attitudes predict spontaneous affect in daily life’, Emotion, 5(4), pp. 476–88, doi: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.4.476. Olson, M. A. and Fazio, R. H. (2002) ‘Implicit acquisition and manifestation of classically conditioned attitudes’, Social Cognition, 20, pp. 89–104, doi:...
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...manage external risks so well. The government and support agencies do not know the full extent of the problem (unlike children in need or at risk of significant harm in their families). Within the social care system, there are helpful initiatives emerging. Carlene Firmin (a Professor of sociology at Durham University and expert in this area) has championed a new way of...
Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...managers’. Developing (as) a diverse team in equitable ways is an ongoing process. It is something which we need to pay attention to at every stage of a research project. We need to revisit and reflect on these issues of participation throughout. In many ways they begin before we begin and do not end when we end. Like all valuable relationships, they keep on growing....
Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket

...Managing Sport and Leisure, 22(1), pp. 54–69. Moreshead, S. (2018) ‘Who on earth is The Hundred for? We try to identify the ECB's mysterious “new audience”', The Cricketer. Available at: https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/domestic/who_on_earth_is_the_hundred_for_we_try_to_identify_the_ecb's_mysterious_'new_audience'.html (Accessed 28 April 2020). The Hundred...
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...Introduction - This free course, Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German, is aimed at intermediate learners of German with an interest in language and culture. The six-hour-course is designed to develop your understanding of spoken German through video portraits of people in the German cities of Hamburg and Passau. It introduces you to naturally spoken language,...
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...Introduction - This unit is designed to help you learn about how learning resources can be shared using online repositories, i.e. websites that allow for the uploading of electronic materials that can then be used and adapted by others. The unit comes about through collaboration between The Open University and TSL Education Ltd, the company behind one of the leading...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Introduction - The focus of this course, Social media and networks in health and social care, will be on the concept of internet safety and the possible advantages and disadvantages the internet offers you in terms of health and social care. You will reflect on your own use of online social networks, along with the ethical and professional issues associated with these...