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Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...work of qualified professionals. We would argue, however, that teaching assistants have a distinct professionalism themselves which often overlaps with and which is comparable to that of teachers. Since first being introduced into in the 1960s as ‘aides’, ‘helpers’ and ‘auxiliaries’, teaching assistants have become essential to children’s learning in primary...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s

...work. Scottish herring women and girls became an important part of the workforce within the fishing community throughout Scotland and beyond Scotland to other areas in the United Kingdom (Historic Environment Scotland, 2023). Following the herring shoals Steam fishing boats were the main vessels used in the Scottish Herring Fleet in from the 1880s. In Scotland, the...
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Article 5 mins
Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...work involves lab and field work to track how ocean chemistry and microorganisms can be delivered from the oceans to the icy surface. Team Mars [Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer] Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer Associate Director, AstrobiologyOU Susanne is a mineralogist, who studies volatile-rock interactions including noble gases, methane, and water-rock reactions. Her main research...
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Video 1 hr
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...work. The course discusses issues involved in the handling of chemical and biological agents, basic safety procedures and common field-work hazards...Health, safety and risk assessment are of paramount importance both in the laboratory and the field. This free course, Health and safety in the laboratory and field, will help make you more aware of the hazards and risks...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...work being dictated by the machines. Mass production under this system was pressured and dehumanising with the worker seen as just another cog in the process of maximising profit. Payment for work was on a piece rate system where every task was timed by foremen carrying stopwatches. The times would be set to the speed of the fastest, often the most experienced, workers....
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Article 10 mins
The 'always on' workplace
Money & Business

The 'always on' workplace

...Quinones critically investigates the “always on” contemporary worker...It's now common to telework or to reply to work-related emails away from the physical office. But what does this 'always on' culture mean for employee wellbeing? Read the article: Quinones, Cristina (2016). The 'always on' workplace: risks, opportunities and how to make it work. HR Magazine....
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Article 5 mins
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...working collectively. Developing compassionate thinking through such pedagogies can nurture sustainable individuals in life and work. Examples of compassionate pedagogies: Poems, story-telling, art, music, listening with empathy, valuing learners’ contributions, building relationships, having the space and tools to be heard, supporting agency/change, and project work...
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Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum

...work education is well established. Collaborating in equal partnerships via ‘co-production’ can facilitate this engagement. For the purposes of co-production in the educational curriculum, this means that people with lived experiences of using social work services are included as equals within the course team. Resources are recommended at the end for wider reading...
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Article 5 mins