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Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...Project. The aim was to get as many institutions as possible to make health central to their planning and to give the diverse communities of Belfast a real say in their future. What were the challenges they faced? What solutions did they evolve? In this album Healthy Cities founder member Ilona Kickbusch and Belfast health promotion professionals Joan Devlin, David...
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...management project. Develop a vision for the change – if you don’t have a vision of what you would like to happen, it is unlikely that it ever will. You will also fail to convince others of the ‘big picture.’ Your vision may be a blended learning environment, or a fully digital school, either way it is important you are able to set this out from the outset....
Dialogues Across Borders
Society, Politics & Law

Dialogues Across Borders

...project blurred the boundaries between artists, academics, activists, volunteers and refugees. It sought to break the national, physical and imaginative borders that separate and divide us through co-creating artworks. Elena Boukouvala, a performance activist, drama therapist and founder of Play is Hope directed the Dialogues Across Borders project and the workshops....
Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach
History & The Arts

Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach

...project encourages critical reflection on how religion intersects with society and culture. It also aims to challenge stereotypes and promote understanding of religious identities in further education...The two OpenLearn resources available here are the outcome of an Open University research project titled ‘Religious Literacy for FE (Further education): A Social Justice...
Not intervening as a form of care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Not intervening as a form of care

...project called Forms of Care. We have been documenting the various ways decisions not to intervene – such as deciding to withdraw or not even start a particular treatment – emerge as part of everyday healthcare practice. These instances of not doing can refer to a particular medication, a general course of action, or broader aspects of care. We focused on palliative...
Critical Reflection
Money & Business

Critical Reflection

...management a personal or collaborative process? What outside factors affect managers on a day-to-day basis? Traditional thinking can often give the impression that being objective, rational, dispassionate and independent are prerequisites for being a manager. However it’s quite possible many managers could be caught in a whirlwind of outside influences, affecting their...
Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion
Nature & Environment

Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion

...projects, conservation volunteering, green gyms, open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. Many green social prescribing activities are led and supported by volunteers. What is volunteering and why volunteer? Volunteering is considered an act of social service whereby individuals or organisations provide services and support without...
Systems Practice case study - The CEO
Money & Business

Systems Practice case study - The CEO

...Project work We do a lot of project work, each project can last up to five years and we work in project teams and each consultant strikes a balance between engaging with projects that interest them, supporting those that need additional effort and dealing with 'chores'. Nobody told Cliff this and so he spent three months waiting for someone to tell him what to do. It...