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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...feedback; allowing space for story sharing; and using appropriate verbal and body language. See suggested sources at the end of this article to help improve these skills. Demonstrating empathy – Cox and Bachkirova (2007) stress the need for the coach to acknowledge and understand emotion as normal, working to understand coachee’s emotional reactions and difficulties,...
Schizophrenia: Beyond science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Schizophrenia: Beyond science

...classed as a ‘psychotic disorder’ along with bipolar disorder and a few other conditions. These disorders affect a relatively small proportion of the population compared to the so-called ‘neurotic disorders’ such as anxiety, depression and phobias, which are much more widespread. Nevertheless, the topic of psychotic disorders and schizophrenia in particular seems...
Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach
History & The Arts

Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach

...class. A few key points to remember: Religious literacy emerges from specific encounters. Religious literacy is a process, not an event. It is a relationship between people, rather than a specific set of facts, knowledge or skills. References Moore, D.L. (2010) Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K–12 Public Schools in the United States, American Academy of...
What does Moon music sound like?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does Moon music sound like?

...La Saboteuse (Naim), has brought her to the attention of a global audience. Yazz is supported by PRS For Music Foundation. Yazz is currently working on completing the recording of her third album, Polyhymnia due for release in 2019. The Earth’s Reflection is commissioned by The Open University and Sound UK. Supported by Arts Council England. Watch our videos on the Moon...
Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...LA. VLA, HEIDI What would the sun look like if we had magnetically sensitive eyes? How the most sensitive radio telescopes on earth work. Is Our Sun Normal? Astronomers compare events on other stars to helps us better understand our sun. Mapping the Milky Way The discovery of radio emissions from the Milky Way, and the theory of dark-matter. The Shape of Our Galaxy...
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Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...feedback, and provides an individual with an awareness of their internal state (emotions, cognitions, physiological responses), that drives their behaviors (beliefs, values and motivations) and an awareness of how this impacts and influences others. One of the primary effects of successful mentoring or coaching is to help you to enhance your self-awareness. Dr Julia Yates...
Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe
Nature & Environment

Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe

...de-regulation. They are cutting public and environmental safeguards and giving more leeway to powerful corporate interests. The EU-US trade negotiations (TTIP) are the perfect example: catering for business lobby groups while putting the public interest at risk. It’s no surprise that people are rebelling against the politics of the elite. But this rebellion is too often...
How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?

...classes of compounds. Typically, these are billed, at least initially, as less likely to trigger resistance. One group of compounds again in the news is the bacteriocins, potent antimicrobial peptides (bits of proteins) that bacteria secrete that kill closely related bacteria. “When people again started proposing bacteriocins as novel therapeutics, we wondered if they...