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Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...family wellbeing? Do managers have the skills and training to recognise that high engagement may mask poor wellbeing and possible burnout? Do employees feel they have the same or greater participation in, and engagement with, organisational values and goals? References Bailey, C., Madden, A., Alfes, K. and Fletcher, L. (2017) ‘The Meaning, Antecedents and Outcomes of...
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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...family if they’ve ever considered coming off social media. Like us, they probably have… but the majority probably decide not to, because of FOMO. Ironically, the more connected we are, the more likely we may be to experience FOMO, because it is often caused by the posts we see on social media sites like Facebook leading us to believe our friends and acquaintances are...
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Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...family and friends, who sat in the public gallery above the Chamber, I was introduced formally to the House of Lords through the traditional introduction ceremony. The ceremony involves one of the clerks reading out my Letters Patent, me making the Affirmation that is required by law, and signing the code of conduct. 25 March 2024 My first full sitting day as a member of...
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Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two

...families and the wider republican base. We reiterate our view that the armed struggle was entirely legitimate. We are conscious that many people suffered in the conflict. There is a compelling imperative on all sides to build a just and lasting peace. The issue of the defence of nationalist and republican communities has been raised with us. There is a responsibility on...
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Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...families where there are children on the child protection register, working alongside social workers who don’t have time for frequent visits to all homes of children on ‘at risk’ register. ‘I wasn’t happy with what was going on at my son’s school, so I decided to try and make things change.’ Answer He became a school governor. This was a serious commitment,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...family relationships are, does that mean that I should live somewhere else? Should I live with my dad? Should I live with my mum? Esther I wonder if we can start looking at questions of diversity. What issues were raised for you when looking at that programme, and obviously the children varied, differed from one another in a lot of different ways. Were there particular...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...family, or your own personal experience. Awareness has not always been widespread, however, and in some countries, there is no recognition or acceptance of this condition. The following section illustrates the dyslexia journey in the UK...Week 1: Defining dyslexia: 1.1 Disability rights movement - The 1960s was a period of profound social change during which individuals...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...History teacher. And the reason why they were my favourite teachers was because they took the time to have a conversation with me on my level. I just felt like they had recognised a potential within me and wanted to help me to draw it out of myself. So they weren’t saying ‘you need to be this, you have to be that, you should be this,’ they were saying ‘you know...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs