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National Enrichment Programme for Schools
Education & Development

National Enrichment Programme for Schools

...psychology History and The Arts Languages Science, maths and technology Courses 10 hours or less Astudio trwy'r Gymraeg NEP resources Make the most of your independent study Learn more about the NEP and get help with studying using the downloadable resources below. NEP learner guide Learning log and reflection template OpenLearn help and guidance You can find answers to...
Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making connections in end-of-life conversations: essential tips for professionals

...psychological and existential distress. When open communication is unwanted, health and social care professionals who insist on it can cause harm (Westendorp et al., 2023). An international collaborative project led by academics in the Netherlands and the UK has drawn upon multi-disciplinary research findings to consider how health and social care professionals might...
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...Psychology Talking in 2013 Michael Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman acknowledged that there is very little in terms of physiology that distinguishes between the good and the very good (see video below). He suggested that what distinguishes the superelite from the rest, is their psychology and how they think, feel and manage the pressures of elite competition. Maybe this is...
On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...psychology could be said to be good for. Following David Attenborough’s screening of Climate change the facts on BBC, a message is becoming ever clearer – humanity and life on earth are in peril from the catastrophic potential of climate change that is caused by human activity on the planet. As David Attenborough highlighted, the biggest risk for humanity and earth...
Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?

...Psychological Therapies (IAPT) which began almost 10 years ago and has delivered treatment to over 900,000 adults with anxiety and depression, both in individual sessions and in group-based format. However, there can be waiting lists for IAPT and for other state-funded forms of therapy. For those with the funds available to pay for treatment, websites like welldoing.org...
How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...psychological literature establishing that ‘freezing’ or dissociative responses are common in response to a sexual assault. In terms of the delivery of the testimony, the picture was even more concerning. In the psychological literature, body language has been shown to be a very poor indictor of truthfulness. Nonetheless, jurors regularly relied on a witness’s body...
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...Management Learning & Education, 17(2), pp. 137–54. Maldonado-Torres, N. (2017) 'Frantz Fanon and the decolonial turn in psychology: From modern/colonial methods to the decolonial attitude'. South African Journal of Psychology, 47(4), pp. 432–41. Quijano, A. (2000) 'Coloniality of power and Eurocentrism in Latin America'. International Sociology, 15(2), pp. 215–32....
Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection

...psychological impacts of FGM. Some readers may find this content distressing. Information about support services is provided within the collection. This collection provides information about female genital mutilation (FGM), designed for students and registrants of nursing, midwifery and social work and the allied health and social care professions. They need to know about...