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Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...et al. (2015) and Norton and Dalrymple (2020) note that the definition of employability continues to shift and be challenged, in the next activity you will hear directly from employers. Regardless of slightly differing perceptions, employability should be considered as a lifelong journey, rather than something that only happens when people are studying or in the early...
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...et al., 2007). Can you suggest why MRI is potentially less harmful to patients than CT? Unlike X‑ray-based diagnostics such as CT, MRI does not expose patients to potentially harmful ionising radiation. A typical MRI scanner is shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 A clinical MRI instrument...Metals in medicine: 3.1 MRI in practice - It’s important to appreciate from the start...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...et al 2020) so learning to write effectively for practice is a very important element of professional development across the career. This course focuses on developing your understanding of professional writing in social work and the ways in which you can become an effective writer. [A photograph of a messy desk.] Figure 2 In this section you will: learn about the WiSP...
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...et al. set out a list of six values that they feel people should consider when thinking about a change of career (Figure 6): Benevolence Doing things for others Conformity Being accepted, doing what's socially correct Independence Making decisions, getting your own way Leadership Being in charge, having power and authority Recognition Being highly regarded and admired,...
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...article. Because of the collaborative way it is compiled, Wikipedia pages change often. The text that appears in the activity below is what the page on Herodotus looked like when accessed in March 2024. It may look different if you search for it yourself now. Activity 2 Timing: Allow approximately 20 minutes for this activity Read the first three paragraphs of the...
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...article was short, yet punchy, placing Gibbon’s disdain for the Empire within the latter’s contemporary social perspective. Sir Steven, like El Greco did with Vasari, concluded that ‘for all his [Gibbon’s] greatness as a historian, the spirit of Byzantium eluded him’. Sir Steven underlined that Gibbon had no interest in Byzantine art, and in fact (in another...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Languages

How to learn a language

...article about how to set SMART goals for language learning by Agnieszka Murdoch, language coach and author of the 5 Minute Language website (there is a longer version of this article on the website). Activity 8 Matching objectives to the type of SMART goal Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Match each objective with the type of SMART goal. Set 1: learning the past simple...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...et al., 2013) about integrated care quality improvement pilots. Integrated care broadly means the capacity for different parts of an organisation (departments or staff groups) to work together to offer good quality care. It also includes the capacity for healthcare professionals to work with social care professionals to offer a joined-up service. This research brief looks...