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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...leadership and vision, enriching the lives of so many families in Manchester’s African Caribbean community and fostering the creation of organisations that today are platforms for further growth and development. Transcript To close, here is the voice of another strong Guyanese woman, the poet Grace Nichols. Her poem echoes the spirit of Betty’s work with women in...
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Video 10 mins
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...leadership as well as facilitating and overseeing group and team working, and managing conflict. This week we explore team working from start to finish. This includes deciding if the creation of a group or team is the best approach to the task in hand (it is not always!), selecting individuals to work in it, setting up the team-working processes, supporting teams through...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...leadership and teamwork. Engaging with the course will contribute to building skills, including empathy, understanding anti-racism, understanding different cultures, diversity, inclusion and allyship – increasingly ‘essential’ in job descriptors and promotion criteria. Who is this course for? [A photograph of the four course authors.] The course authors (from left...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...leadership of the Bolshevik government prioritised education and free access to knowledge and culture for all. And harking back to the Hercules strike banner of 1889, the British Dockers’ homegrown cry for justice and equality, it too had a green and red background. These are the colours of conflict, so curtain up for a new dawn of a better society I would say (End of...
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Video 5 mins
STiP@50 Celebrations
Society, Politics & Law

STiP@50 Celebrations

...leadership of a newly appointed first Professor of Systems, John Beishon (1930-2001), a group of Systems thinking practitioners (STPs) collaborated to design and then present a new undergraduate module (the first of many) called Systems Behaviour (T241). Through various organisational and operational changes over that time the name, personnel and educational offerings of...
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Video 10 mins
What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...Leadership Team (SLT). A TI organisation will encourage help-seeking, and ensure individuals have a sense of psychological safety. It will facilitate training in trauma and have specially trained peer supporters who can provide an informal gateway into further support if required. The Occupational Health unit will be able to facilitate access to psychological support....
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Article 5 mins
Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?

...Leadership and Culture Coach. She has also named former England Goal Shooter and 2018 Commonwealth winner Jo Harten as the Support Coach, so she is bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to this World Cup. One of the key positions on a netball court is Centre, as they can move anywhere on the court, except the two shooting circles. Two of the three centres in the...
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Article 10 mins
Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...leadership should be representative of wider society. As institutions strive to ensure diversity is championed and that diverse viewpoints are reflected, it is equally important for individual decision-makers to reflect on their own recruitment practice and use their influence, experience and positions to lead positive change to ensure diversity and inclusivity, where...
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Article 15 mins