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Making sense of sudden mass deaths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of sudden mass deaths

...communities may respond in variety of manners. And whilst there may not be the same need to search for bodies as there would be after a terrorist attack or natural disaster, the risk of contagion from the dying and deceased affects how mortuary and funerary practices are done, including a reduction in visitation and public memorial gatherings. - Erica Borgstrom The text...
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Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards
Society, Politics & Law

Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards

...community who would “share as partners in promoting the success of that school, in all its life and work, and its good relationships with parents and the wider community”. Yet with breathtaking arrogance, the government’s new white paper dismisses the role of elected parents as “tokenistic” and their role as purely “symbolic”. It looks to relegate them to...
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Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...communities. Kerrie - School governor and Chair of the PTA [Kerrie] “My volunteering is an investment in my community and an opportunity to model the values I want my children to have instilled into them.” Kerrie has been a school governor at a primary school near Llanelli for the past five years, and has recently put herself forward for a second four-year term of...
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Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...Community Members of the Findhorn community in Scotland talk about their holistic approach to health and healthcare. Quality of health Homeless people share personal views on what the quality of health means to them. Doctors' views Four doctors share views on health and their own interpretation of what it means for their patients Health and policy Two community workers...
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Audio 2 hrs 33 mins
Applied social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applied social work practice

...community. The material forms part of the course K216 Applied Social Work Practice... Applied social work practice A short introduction to this album. From Home into Care Three residents reflect on their decision to move to Drummond Grange. Staff work with residents to make the transition as smooth as possible, matching each individual's needs with the activities the care...
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Audio 33 mins
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...communicate appropriately and effectively with people from different backgrounds in your native or in a foreign language. Such attitudes include for example a strong sense of self, curiosity, respect and open-mindedness towards ways of being that are different from what you understand as ‘normal’. An ethno-relative instead of an ethno-centric mindset is also crucial:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...communities in very different parts of the world are coping with the impacts of environmental change. In part 1, we join a research expedition in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, to explore how geography matters to people's 'common-sense' understandings of safety and well-being. Dr Johanna Wadsley is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Geography Department of the Open...
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A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents
Education & Development

A guide to developing trust with home-educating parents

...communications Even before direct contact with families, parents identified that professionals should consider how they communicate in published materials, including on their website. Parents were not confident that they understood the role of the local authority in home education nor the local authority’s perception of parents’ responsibilities. These aspects of home...
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