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Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach
History & The Arts

Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach

...research project titled ‘Religious Literacy for FE (Further education): A Social Justice Approach’, funded by St Peter’s Saltley Trust. The objective of the project was to develop assets to support the teaching of religious literacy in FE, with a particular focus on challenging the stereotypes, cliches and prejudices sometimes associated with religious and...
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Video 10 mins
Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics

...knowledge that is valued. This is especially pertinent when you consider that our undergraduates are the future researchers, funding body decision-makers, hiring committee members, teachers and more; an awareness amongst students of the historical and persistent barriers to mathematical studies is vital if we are to improve diversity in mathematical sciences more broadly....
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My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally
Education & Development

My experience of being a South Asian LGBTQI+ ally

...research to improve your understanding. Challenging your own unconscious bias can help you to challenge any assumptions to stereotypes you may have made without being aware. Speaking up when you hear family, friends or co-workers telling jokes or comments, reminding them that as an ally you find this offensive. Offer to help and support others’ learning if they express...
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Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...Researchers evaluate the benefits of combining art with health. Opera and health Homeless people using performing art to help maintain a degree of health and spread the meaning of homelessness and it's implications to the wider community. Theatre and mental health The Giggle Factory: utilising the power of theatre to help people who suffer from mental health problems....
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Green care: contact with nature can improve mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Green care: contact with nature can improve mental health

...researchers. The time may be right to promote ‘green care’ to health commissioners and practitioners concerned to find more ways of helping vulnerable individuals, whilst perhaps more widely we will find public health campaigners urging us to get back to growing plants in our gardens again! References Bragg, R., Atkins, G. 2016. A review of nature-based interventions...
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Effective note taking
Education & Development

Effective note taking

...Research shows that writing notes by hand is more effective than typing them. [Note taking formats including linear and pattern examples: mind map, flow chart and tables. ] Linear Linear notes are the simplest style of notes, both for reading and listening. Notes are written down the page, one line after the other. The use of numbering/lettering can help distinguish the...
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Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools
Science, Maths & Technology

Using lanthanides as medical imaging tools

...research into the properties of molecules containing lanthanides is an exciting field with the potential to lead to an easier and faster disease diagnosis process. According to Oxford Dictionary “rare” can also mean “Unusually good or remarkable”. Maybe, after all, rare wasn’t such a bad name to use to describe the lanthanides! More about the periodic table and...
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Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...centre, for example, you are ensuring that the calls are being answered in a timely manner, that the customers’ needs are being met, so whatever queries or questions that they have, that they are being answered successfully. So on a day-to-day basis and on an hours-by-hour basis, there will be a set of metrics that they will be looking at. They’ll be looking at how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs