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Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?

...course, popular approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness meditation do seek to change how we think and feel about our situation, but this does not mean that we can ignore the circumstances under which mental health problems develop in the first place. I can remember from my student days a popular Tee-shirt slogan, attributed to Kurt Cobain and...
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Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...courses and qualifications. Let’s start with our terminology regarding autistic individuals. Many autistic self-advocates insist on an ‘identity first’ definition of their humanness: for example: ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘person with autism’. To clarify, autistic people see autism as an innate part of their embodiment; just as one would not refer to...
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Designing interactive systems for dogs
Digital & Computing

Designing interactive systems for dogs

...course dogs also come in all shapes and sizes, so any design needs to be versatile enough to account for such a variety. The design of domestic appliances could be friendlier to dogs, particularly to dogs whose job it is to assist their human partners, by ensuring that each type of control (e.g. light switches) looks the same throughout the house (rather than changing...
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The benefits of social media in academia
Education & Development

The benefits of social media in academia

...course of study. Communication [Image to represent communication. Yellow background, green speech bubble with three scrunched up pieces of yellow paper] Connection and collaboration are made possible through the communicative power of social media. Whomever you are hoping to connect or collaborate with, the wide range of social media tools and platforms enables you to...
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5 things you need to know about sepsis
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 things you need to know about sepsis

...concentrating or sleeping. Friends, relatives and carers may also have worries. Some people may have life-changing physical after-effects, such as Stella whose story is shown in the video There are resources and organisations that offer support for those who have experienced sepsis. The UK Sepsis Trust website Recovery After Sepsis brochure Like this? Try a FREE course...
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Digital Film School
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital Film School

...course T156 Digital film school... Getting media onto your computer Chris High demonstrates how to connect three different types of digital cameras into both Mac and PC, and then how to import the media into various editing software. Getting started with iMovie This track is designed to introduce you to the iMovie user interface and also the first steps to importing media...
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Creative Writing
History & The Arts

Creative Writing

...course A363 Advanced creative writing... Tanika Gupta on Voice Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing. Helen Blakeman and Setting Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice....
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Critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critical social work practice

...Course K315 Critical social work practice... Critical social work practice A short introduction to this album. What is critical practice? A look at the meaning of critical practice, the views of service users, and the professional power of social workers. How useful is critical practice? An example of critical practice. Making decisions about people A discussion about who...
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