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Learning to lead in bereavement support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to lead in bereavement support

...course, its strengths. For some time now I have been arguing that managers in the caring professions need leadership development opportunities that go beyond the generic commonalities and seek to take account of the major professional challenges in areas such as palliative care and grief support. It is questionable how fit for purpose neoliberal commercialism-focused...
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Supporting student-led research
Education & Development

Supporting student-led research

...courses at its UK wide network of centres each year. The CRC provides resources, teaching materials and guidance to support student-led research. This partnership evolved in response to changes in the A Level Geography curriculum requiring students to design, carry out and report on an independent piece of field work enquiry. These individual investigations are now a...
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Earth and Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth and Life

...Course S269 Earth and Life... Earth and Life A short introduction to this album. Daisyworld: James Lovelock and Gaia An introduction to Gaia by James Lovelock. Daisyworld: Gaia and Daisyworld James lovelock discusses the original Gaia theory and how it developed and led to the Daisy world model. Daisyworld: Self regulation James Lovelock continues to look at the idea of...
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Imperial Rome and Ostia
History & The Arts

Imperial Rome and Ostia

...course AT308 Cities and technology: from Babylon to Singapore... Imperial Rome and Ostia A brief introduction to the album. The construction of Imperial Rome A large scale model shows us how Imperial Rome once looked and we also learn some of its fascinating history. Aqueducts in Rome A look at how aqueducts were a great engineering achievement in Imperial Rome. The...
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Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...course DD304, Understanding Cities... Understanding Cities A short introduction to this album. Nature Spaces An allotment in Handsworth, Birmingham as an example of a nature space. Allotment holders talk about the ecological, sociological and community benefits of allotments. Shared Spaces Some problems that can arise from differing viewpoints emerging in a shared...
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The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary
Science, Maths & Technology

The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary

...course T155 Linux: an introduction... Introducing Linux Some say Leenix, some Leenux, some say Linux. So how do you say it? Linux - Origins Richard Stallman broke free of the closed proprietary world of UNIX computing when he announced the GNU project in 1983. But GNU needed a kernel. In 2001 Linus Torvalds gave it one. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the...
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Science Communication and Public Engagement
Science, Maths & Technology

Science Communication and Public Engagement

...course SH804 Communicating science in the information age... Communicating science A short introduction to this album. Science and society Dr. Richard Holliman interviews Prof. Alan Irwin on the changing relationship between science and society. Communicating science Dr Richard Holliman interviews Dr Victoria Pearson on how she communicates science as a scientist,...
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Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...course S282 Astronomy... Astronomy A short introduction to this album. Our Invisible Sun Scientists investigate sun spots, solar flares and arcs using x-ray telescopes, featuring the Big Bear Observatory in LA. VLA, HEIDI What would the sun look like if we had magnetically sensitive eyes? How the most sensitive radio telescopes on earth work. Is Our Sun Normal?...
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