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Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
Health, Sports & Psychology

Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse

...work. To be a good nurse one must be a good woman, here we shall all agree. It is the old, old story. But some of us are new to the start. What is it to be "like a woman"? "Like a woman" - "a very woman" is sometimes laid as a word of contempt: sometimes as a word of tender admiration. What makes a good woman is the better or higher of their nature: Quietness Gentleness...
Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...work. Effective coaching depends for its success on a handful of core skills. These are: building rapport listening summarising and reflecting These skills are employed in a disciplined way in performance coaching with the effect that the coachee should feel listened to, understood, supported, stimulated and focused. Each skill has a particular emphasis in performance...
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Money & Business

Risk management

...work on time, or trying to take a shortcut, or whatever it might be. Everything has a risk. And generally, we take risks so we can try and maximise or take advantage of some opportunity somewhere. Video 1 What does ‘risk’ mean?...Session 1: Living in a world of risk: 2 The importance of managing risk - Now watch Video 2 from the experts on why risk management is...
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Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...Social conservatives in particular fear that the nation is in moral decline. For example, 63 percent of Republicans oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Conservative pessimism has many other sources as well, including the violent chaos in the Middle East, the chronic nature of illegal immigration, the economic instability caused by...
Explore your digestive system
Nature & Environment

Explore your digestive system

An interactive exploration of how the digestive system works...Take it further Try one of our delicious recipes. Discover the new approach to health offered by healthy living centres.
What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?
Society, Politics & Law

What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?

...social welfare. He represented the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, which wished President Obama had gone further with his healthcare reforms, or had not been so eager to authorise invasive drone assassinations. Positioning himself as an anti-establishment candidate who didn’t take donations from billionaires or use a “Super PAC” (a highly controversial type...
Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?
History & The Arts

Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?

...social humanity. The Victorian Holmes Holmes as rationalist superhero is a familiar narrative of histories of popular culture. The accelerating pace of life in the Victorian period, so the argument goes, called for the creation of a new kind of fictional hero able to decode the overwhelming signs of urban modernity. But this argument overlooks a crucial point: the...
Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...social factors. Burnout manifests itself physically and psychologically and symptoms include chronic fatigue, a weakened immune system and impaired concentration and attention. All of these symptoms can affect performance, but losing focus could lead to making mistakes with devastating consequences to a team. The tap drips – drip, drip, drip [dripping limescale tap] It...