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Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...humanity to breed like rabbits' (Temporary civil servant, female, 38) Further reading Social Insurance and Allied Servies (The Beveridge Report) William Beveridge, (Cmd 6404), HMSO Welfare and the State - Who Benefits? L. Bryson, L. Macmillan 'December 1942: Beveridge Observed: Mass Observation and the Beveridge Report' by J. Jacobs, from Beveridge 1942- 1992: Papers to...
Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Human Services. Sanders, S. (2018) National life tables, UK: 2015 to 2017 [Online], United Kingdom, Office for National Statistics. Available at https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2015to2017 (Accessed 19 March 2019). Mathew, J., Singh, S. B., Garis, S. and Diwan, A. D....
Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...human evolution has taken a turn towards devolution. With the current generation often reported as the first to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents it is unsurprising that physical activity levels in 1969 were 20% higher than they are currently with further predictions stating that by 2030 we will be 35% less active than our 60s relatives (Gov.uk, 2016)....
A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...human group from another.’ More recently, some authors highlight that culture exists in the form of ‘…patterned beliefs, attitudes and mindsets that go together in loosely defined networks.’ [brain anatomy abstract] So is it the case that a culture is about a mindset, are they a collection of core values passed from generation to generation and therefore maybe...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...human brain can lead to major miscarriages of justice. Despite advances in forensic science, eyewitness testimony remains a critical component of criminal investigations. Psychological research has revealed the dangers of relying on evidence gained from an eyewitness and also how careful the police need to be when questioning witnesses. Transcript Using videos of real...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...resources (such as books, journals and conferences) to keep up-to-date with their field and any developments in patient care whether they are satisfied with their training and their continuing professional development opportunities related to improving quality and safety...Introducing healthcare improvement: 1.2 Evaluating quality improvement in healthcare - Defining...
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...human constitution,” he concluded. The food produced by a field of potatoes is not inferior in quantity to that produced by a field of rice, and much superior to what is produced by a field of wheat. Twelve thousand weight of potatoes from an acre of land is not a greater produce than two thousand weight of wheat. The food or solid nourishment, indeed, which can be...
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...resources, human, material, financial sometimes, to what extent are they used for the betterment of society directly. Not just indirectly through academic work. There's the idea of the engaged university and of engaged scholarship where a question to ask all the time is whether you're doing teaching or whether you're doing curriculum design or whether you're doing...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs