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The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...leadership. The winners, Michael Gove and Boris Johnson will no doubt be basking in their success, however they should be cautious about inheriting a chaotic political, economic, and constitutional situation. Indeed, the pound is going through the floor, and the SNP and Sinn Fein are talking about referendums in Scotland and Northern Ireland, given they voted to remain in...
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...leadership and of organisations as you explore the issues that arise when people from different organisations – with their different structures and cultures – try to work together. Finally, we look at ways in which you can develop your own professional practice in these areas of work and ‘make partnerships work’, including as you begin to undertake your project....
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...leadership to make sure people’s wellbeing is protected and to improve their experiences of the health and care system. Platform 5: Leading and Managing nursing care and working teams. Outcome 5.8 Support and supervise students in the delivery of nursing care, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback, and evaluating and documenting their performance....
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...leadership, communication, time management, organisation, collaboration, team work, critical thinking. Soft skills influence how you do your work, and your upside in value because, to me, if you have really high soft skills, that can overcome a lack of hard skills. So let me spell it out for you, if you don’t have a tonne of things necessary for a specific job, but your...
The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts

...leadership has not been shy about reasserting this. To the contrary, the US president, Barack Obama, made clear in March that the UK would be at the “back of the queue” for trade deals if Brexit triumphed. Former high-level officials – used as channels for the views of those who now hold their positions – spoke of the negative effects not only on Britain’s...
Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...leadership and ignorance of the supply in the country all contribute to a climate in which new norms can emerge if the old norms, relating to the availability of stock are perceived to be violated. An isolated local shortage problem or images of empty shelves on Facebook may have signalled such a violation in a supermarket. This also includes the possibility that fake...
Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...leadership decisively defeated a much larger British force at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815. Ironically, the British army which faced Jackson, was led by Sir Edward Packenham, a member of the Anglo-Irish establishment, who owned estates in County Westmeath. Packenham was killed in action during the battle. Jackson’s fame contributed to his successful bid for...
Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...leadership appears to “offer anxious voters… nothing” or as one commentator quipped “Labour and Brexit. Against having your cake. Against eating it too”. But mostly Labour’s position on Brexit is so confused that it has rendered itself irrelevant as a political force. How did we reach this point and how did so many vote for outcomes that lead to national...