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Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...et al 2020) so learning to write effectively for practice is a very important element of professional development across the career. This course focuses on developing your understanding of professional writing in social work and the ways in which you can become an effective writer. [A photograph of a messy desk.] Figure 2 In this section you will: learn about the WiSP...
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...et al. set out a list of six values that they feel people should consider when thinking about a change of career (Figure 6): Benevolence Doing things for others Conformity Being accepted, doing what's socially correct Independence Making decisions, getting your own way Leadership Being in charge, having power and authority Recognition Being highly regarded and admired,...
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...et al., 2013) about integrated care quality improvement pilots. Integrated care broadly means the capacity for different parts of an organisation (departments or staff groups) to work together to offer good quality care. It also includes the capacity for healthcare professionals to work with social care professionals to offer a joined-up service. This research brief looks...
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...et al. (2008) distinguished between horizontal and vertical transitions by linking them to specific activities. Horizontal transitions occur on a daily or regular basis and usually refer to movement or a change in routine. Horizontal transitions describe activities such as children going from the classroom to the playground (a movement) or taking part in the annual sports...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...et al., 2005). In the next activity you can consider how your own responses might relate to these research findings. Activity 7 By looking at your own results from the detecting deception activity you can work out whether or not you a) displayed a truth bias and 2) were better at judging lies or truths. From your results, how many out of the eight did you think were...
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...et al., 2019). He worked with the Indonesian government then with teacher training colleges, teachers and students to improve practice and influence policy (Budiyanto et al., 2018). This involved drawing on best practice research, understanding attitudes towards disability and pedagogy and developing new methods of signing and teaching to include all children in...
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...et al., 1973). It is here that the story of critical criminology begins...Critical criminology and the social sciences: 2.1 What does it mean to be critical? - Thinking is skilled work. It is not true that we are naturally endowed with the ability to think clearly and logically … People with untrained minds should no more expect to think clearly and logically than...
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...et al., 2007, pp. 92, 94) These days, traditional ‘command and control’ leadership is no longer enough. The world is too complex, organisations are too big and the range of situations in which people might find themselves is simply too diverse for one person to manage. One way of addressing this is through the practice of distributed leadership, sometimes known as...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs