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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...nurse or a school counsellor. I can't solve the problems for these students because I haven't had the training. But what I can do is to learn how to handle their needs with sensitivity and to be aware of them. The real go-to place is the school office. If you need to find anything to do with the students, they maintain the school management system, and the good thing is...
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...nurse. The main part of your talk could be organised under these five headings: Background information about the hospital or surgery What goes on in the department Details of your work What you most enjoy about your work What you dislike about your job. Persuading However, if your talk is to persuade, you need to adopt a different structure for your main points, such as...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...nurses caring for patients from all over the world; teachers with pupils from a range of backgrounds; charity workers helping out refugees; sales people with international customers; scientists cooperating with researchers around the globe. [Described image] Figure 5 Intercultural communication in medicine Activity 3 Interaction across cultures Timing: Allow about 10...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cynorthwywyr addysgu: Cymorth ar waith
Education & Development

Cynorthwywyr addysgu: Cymorth ar waith

...nurses and teachers. There has been, from successive governments, a wish to ‘modernise’ public services to make them more responsive to their ‘clients’ and more cost efficient. There is a belief that established professional attitudes and practices should be challenged and improved, and that professionals should develop increased flexibility in their ways of...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...nurse/housewife’ or even ‘man IS TO computer programmer AS woman IS TO home-maker’. Interesting recent work (Guo & Caliskan, 2020) points to how the biases in word embeddings can in fact more seriously disadvantage people who are subject to multiple forms of marginalisation (e.g. women from ethnically marginalised groups). Part 4 About five and a half minutes into...
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...nursing home. The claim by the purchaser is for £500,000. The background to the case is set out but I adjourn around 4.20pm because a witness giving lengthy evidence seems to be in need of a break. Back in my chambers, I am faced with writing both a civil judgment and a report for an appeal to the High Court against a sentence I imposed. I always try to write appeal...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...nurse, and a big idea like humanity. Or a big piece of engineering like a train, and a concept like mobility. Both humanity and mobility refer to more abstract concepts, and as such, they are abstract nouns. Whereas the nurse and the train are concrete nouns. Another everyday example would be the difference between a meal that you sit down to eat and enjoy, which is a...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...nurses noticed that my mum wasn't coping, and helped her and explained how important my childhood is to the rest of my life. So with a bit of help, she coped. The police came around after next door complained about the noise from mum and dad fighting. They asked how I was feeling. I told them I was scared all the time. Mum and dad got help. The shouting got better and the...