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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...adults are learning English in the workplace or in their free time. A 'wave of English' is now building up. Within a decade nearly a third of the world population will all be trying to learn English at the same time. But looking further ahead, the wave of learners may subside almost as quickly as it came. If the project to make English a second language for the world's...
Article 10 mins
Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities

...adults through volunteering programmes, guided walks and workshop activities. The Parks Trust team have witnessed the way in which people use local parks change through time, as when the city was designed, most people walked to their local park. Now many people drive across the city to visit their favourite spots. The Parks Trust advises that when visiting a park further...
Working mothers in Scotland's railways
Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

...adult children [Marion Parker with Nicola as and a child and her brother]Marion Parker with Nicola (author) and her brother In 1989 when my mother joined the railway, I was only 1 year old and my brothers were 2 and 13. My father was studying for a full-time degree, and later became a full-time Health and Safety Executive. Reflecting over the years my Mum can’t believe...
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

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

...adult nursing. However, as the NA programme is not a specific field, she applied and was accepted on the programme in 2019. Amy was the first NA to qualify and work in paediatrics in her Trust. Amy recognises that she grew as the role evolved and being a new unknown position, she had to learn to advocate for herself to get the learning experiences that she needed. As a...
Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...adults in the UK own a mobile phone; and over three-quarters of those are smartphones. And while mobile phones were originally designed to facilitate phone calls on the go, Deloitte’s mobile consumer survey (2016) suggests a third of smartphone users don’t actually make traditional voice calls at all. Instead, our phones are used as mobile computers, for checking...
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...adults. You will be asked to fill out the form that will then be processed (usually at the organisation’s expense rather than your own). It is a method to ensure that you do not have any relevant criminal convictions that prevent you from working with such groups. Checks usually take only a few weeks to process and you should normally have nothing to worry about. The...
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...adult population volunteering remained consistent at 27% in 2018/19 compared to 2017/18. Of those who had volunteered in the previous year, 37% had carried out fundraising, 31% had helped in a church or religious organisation and 28% had worked with young people. The most commonly cited benefits as a result of volunteering were ‘makes me feel better about myself’...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...adult services teams. You can find more details about the research project using the links at the end of this course. The project also involved social work students, social work managers and service users. Figure 3 below details the data that was collected for this research study. [A visual diagram of eight boxes split into two rows.] Figure 3 The Writing in Social Work...