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Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others. ...Week 2: Communication skills: Introduction - Welcome to Week 2. Last week you investigated the theory behind effective communication....
The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...et al, 2021 This carer’s account describes how caring can be difficult to plan around and disruptive of everyday life (Larkin et al., 2019). Unsurprisingly, caring can take a toll on carers’ health, finances, relationships and social life. For example, 71% of carers have poor physical or mental health, 22% live in poverty and 80% are lonely or socially isolated...
From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...et al., 2015). The popularity of healing (and other hands-on therapies such as Reiki or acupressure), not only amongst spiritually minded people but the wider population as well, is testament to the fact that such therapies often involve more time, care and attention being given to the individual than with standard medical appointments. The basic features of compassion,...
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...style Writing about yourself and others Professional writing is an important part of social work practice. Social workers spend a significant proportion of their time doing a broad spectrum of written tasks. This part of social work is often presented as a burden outweighing other activities but it is actually a crucial way that social workers communicate, negotiate,...
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...et al. (2021) We understand that there are often many pressures on your time as school leaders and as such, this course can be completed flexibly with the ability to track your progress and return to sections at a later stage. Before starting, it is important key terms that are often used interchangeably in education are defined. Explore the Glossary section and then...
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...et al., 2012; Troyer et al., 2019). The latter refers to reading for recognition, for reward or to please teachers/parents. Research also indicates that the relationship between intrinsic motivation and reading skills develops at the early age of 6 years (McGeown et al., 2015) and that children can be both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated at the same time...
Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...evolved into an international knowledge network, and the CHILD project in Zimbabwe (Power et al., 2021). At one point in the video Alison points colleagues to the work of Bukola Oyinloye (Oyinloye, 2021) about working with ethical frameworks from both our home and the visited settings. Transcript. This stance appreciates the pre-existence of culture, community, belonging and becoming in that setting and, as Jessica Oddy ......
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...profiling tools and that might be a term that’s not familiar to people listening and so risk profiling tools really comprise firstly a questionnaire that is administered to a client when they go to see a financial advisor and so the – the financial advisor would give them a questionnaire to complete either at the session or they might go away and complete it at home....