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What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...et al., 2020). [A male nurse at work] Unless a person has experienced nursing care first-hand (from an insider perspective), they are unlikely to know and properly understand the role and responsibilities and will draw from their (inaccurate) schema (from an outsider perspective). This means that they use false stereotypes to inform perceptions and decision-making. This...
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...axes. Video 12...Introduction to finite element analysis: Step 6 – Post-processing the FEA model - Once it is solved, we go to the post-processing step to view the results of the calculations. Lewis Butler As you can see here, we’ve got the display shape of the torsion test. And you can clearly see the movement that effectively means it behaves like a torque tube...
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...et al. (2020) ‘The identification of sulfide oxidation as a potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars’, Sci Rep 10, 10941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67815-8 Stern, J.C. et al. (2015) ‘Evidence for indigenous nitrogen on Mars’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 112, no. 14, pp. 4245-4250. DOI:...
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...et al., 2022; and Unger Madar and BenDavid-Hadar, 2022). However, it is noteworthy that evaluating the variety of social and academic ‘outcomes’ of home education is challenging. Standardised measures of attainment are not reliable assessment tools because of the bespoke and informal nature of curricula, methods of ‘teaching’ and learning associated with home...
Wellbeing for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing for Work

...et al., 1998, in Lawton-Smith, 2017). Fortunately, resilience is flexible; it is a quality that can be developed and shaped, to help us both at work and at home. Disasters by their nature can negatively affect mental health outcomes with people developing various psychological symptoms. These could be severe stress, feelings of grief and sadness and adjustment problems,...
DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...et al., Chemical Storylines, G. Heinemann Educational Publishers Part of the Salters Advanced Chemistry course, which explores the frontiers of research and the applications of contemporary chemistry. For A level and other science courses aimed at 16 to 19-year olds. Fraser A. and Gilchrist I., Starting Science (Book 1), Oxford University Press Part of an integrated...
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...et al., 2023; Solano-Flores and Nelson-Barber, 2001). In contrast, a ‘social approach’ emphasises the relational and structural factors influencing learning. It shifts the focus away from trying to change individuals to better fit the system, and towards identifying and addressing barriers within the environment. This approach is underpinned by an understanding of...
Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...et al., 2017, p. 5). Taking an intersectional approach, which centralises issues of culture and race, is key in terms of developing culturally responsive pedagogy. Culture as defined by Sheryl Taylor and Donna Sobel (2001, p. xv) is multifaceted, dynamic, shared, learned, and can be transmitted from generation to generation or group to group. That said, questions to...