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Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...et al. (2017) review of 214 engagement studies, plus Gifford and Young (2021) engagement evidence review for the CIPD, suggest that organisations need to pay attention to: each employee’s self-efficacy (belief in being able to succeed in the workplace, based on skills they have and circumstances they face), resilience (ability to recover quickly from difficulties) and...
Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...et al., 2023). ‘Practicescapes’ (Costello et al. 2024) describe speculative approaches where practitioners explore possibilities through generative, poetic methods creating conditions for thinking differently by unsettling habitual patterns and opening space for possibility. Going further, imagining vibrant ecologies of professional learning (Jackson, 2019) invites a...
Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...et al., 2022). Alternatively, researchers could reflect on their analysis and discuss as a limitation of the study not having included participants’ perspectives in such direct manner. Lucy Yardley (2017) suggested that researchers must show sensitivity to the data to achieve high standards in qualitative research and generate useful knowledge. She offers the example of...
LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...motivated by hate, allowing increased sentencing for perpetrators of these crimes at the discretion of the judiciary. Importantly, this meant that crimes motivated by hate were recorded and investigated giving us a better picture of the violence and crime experienced by LGBTQIA+ people. In 2004 legislation was introduced recognising transgender people and enabling them to...
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...et al. (2025) suggest that the growing prevalence is a long-term problem and global issue, pre-dating but amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and cost-of-living crisis. Not only does poor mental health impact students’ overall wellbeing, but there also is growing evidence that mental health difficulties have significant negative impacts on students’ attainment,...
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...et al. 2014). The colour corresponds to the number of years of data available for each station. The network is older and denser over the USA, Europe, Australia and Japan; dense but newer over much of Asia and South America whilst sporadic over much of Africa, Northern Asia, Antarctica, Greenland (and ocean areas). Figure 3b - This global map shows a snapshot of the...
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Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...et al. (2002) found that 91 per cent said they sometimes withdrew children from classrooms. [Described image] Figure 3 Cindy Bhuhi, bilingual teaching assistant, Lee Infants School, Slough There is a further sense in which teaching assistants have needed to find ‘space’ for their work. As part of a relatively new workforce, they have had to integrate their support...
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course could encourage you to think about taking other courses. [The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport badge]...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is...