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Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...communication: Introduction - In this section about communicating well, you will look at the different ways in which we communicate, whether we are aware of it or not. Communication is something we all do, but if you are caring for someone, either paid or unpaid, the way you communicate can have a significant impact on your relationship with that person. You will be...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?

...Community Addresses Smart City Cyber Security Greg Conti (West Point), Tom Cross (Drawbridge Networks), and David Raymond (Virginia Tech), delivered a fascinating paper and presentation at Black Hat last summer called “Pen-Testing a City.” The authors correctlypoint out that... “The information technology infrastructure of cities is different from other entities....
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Article 10 mins
Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...communities of readers...In countries where the language of schooling predominantly focuses on measurable and often oversimplified notions of attainment, children can come to be viewed and discussed in relation to their current standards of performance, rather than as unique individuals. In such audit-driven cultures the vital personal and affective dimensions of teaching...
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Article 10 mins
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...community and prison service for over 12 years, when she came across the opportunity to undertake the Foundation Degree in Nursing Associate Practice. Like many coming onto the programme, she had not studied for a long time and had a lot of self-doubt. Caroline was determined to make it work. On taking up the training role, Caroline acknowledges that she was fortunate...
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Article 5 mins
Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...communities, growing up is largely seen as a process of acquiring thought, reason and understanding (known in Inuit as ihuma). Young children don’t possess these qualities and are easily angered, cry frequently and are incapable of understanding the external difficulties facing the community, such as shortages of food. Because they can’t be reasoned with, and don’t...
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Article 10 mins
Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...community development and suggest that this participant driven construct may also be applied to marginalised academic groups across a range of settings. In similar ways, early-career academics develop in liminal spaces through communities of practice, where identity, belonging and purpose are continually negotiated (Ndlovu, Mbatha & Msiza, 2024). Appreciative...
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Article 5 mins
Open Corporates
Society, Politics & Law

Open Corporates

...community groups, journalists, other companies, and society as a whole the ability to understand, monitor and regulate them. It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through an online platform. Open Corporates is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with research, knowledge production...
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Article 5 mins
Online mathematics discovery centre
Science, Maths & Technology

Online mathematics discovery centre

...communications, AI and Big Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing society in today’s complex world. Maths is a varied and broad subject which crops up everywhere and when you least expect it. See the patterns, structures, discoveries,...
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Article 5 mins