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Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...health of workers and the general public, and safety issues. One of the earliest examples of incorporating these concerns into the development of software was the ETHICS (effective technical and human implementation of computer systems) method (Mumford, 1983). ETHICS looks at using participative methods to explore organisational issues such as goals, values and sources of...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...publication whether it can be and has been tested whether it has a known error rate; and whether the research was conducted independent of the particular litigation or was dependent on an intention to provide the proposed testimony.Footnote 6 By contrast, it is fair to say that in England and Wales, the common law courts have historically taken a fairly laid-back attitude...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Sleep: A doctor's advice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sleep: A doctor's advice

...health benefits are huge. I have known patients who have a cigarette before bed "to get them off to sleep". Yet high levels of nicotine stimulate particular receptors in your brain and can affect the quality of your sleep, similarly to caffeine. So, while you're trying to quit, having your last cigarette of the day as early as possible will help you improve the quality of...
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Article 10 mins
Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...health and productivity issues of this false assumption, we must acknowledge that energy consumed by our colleagues (and even by end users while using our products) is the responsibility of the organisation. These emissions fall into what is known as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Scope 3 emissions. As such, from an IT manager’s point of view, the products acquired...
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Article 5 mins
Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...health and wellbeing at the school. Between preparing for and attending meetings of the full governing body, sub-committee meetings, visiting the school, participating in training, and arranging activities at the school, as well as her work as chair of the school’s parent-teacher association, Kerrie estimates her work takes around 48 hours per month, but this ebbs and...
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Article 5 mins
Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle

...Health, 8(9): e1152–e1161. Bloomer, F., Pierson, C., MacNamara, N., Mackle, D a Trew, J. D. (2017) Abortion as a Workplace Issue: A Trade Union Survey North & South of Ireland. Ar gael yn:https://www.unison-ni.org.uk/sites/default/files/TU%20Abortion%20Report%20Oct9_Final_Final_Edit.pdf (Accessed: 3 June 2024). Bloomer, F. K., Mackle, D., MacNamara, N., Pierson, C. a...
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Article 5 mins
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...health care assistant in paediatrics and was interested in progression and wanted to take on more responsibility when her Trust launched a pilot programme for the NA apprenticeship. Initially it was only for those working in adult nursing. However, as the NA programme is not a specific field, she applied and was accepted on the programme in 2019. Amy was the first NA to...
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Article 5 mins
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...Health, Social Care and Wellbeing. Approximately 70% of the Open University students consider that their degree is of value, with e-authenticated exams, and respected by external stakeholders such as employers (Figure 2). More than 65% of teaching staff in Europe, including from the OU, think that the e-authentication technology is easy to use and enables them to produce...
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Article 5 mins