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Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...simple ageing. However, for some older people, this can have serious consequences – it is estimated that ADRs account for 5.8-23.6% of hospital admissions. As a consequence, balancing the risks and benefits of prescribing in the older population can be more of an art than a science. There are some practical steps that we can take to support an older person to use...
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...simple nuts-and-bolts design of a product and into that of the commercial considerations which are so important for a product's success. The functions of gathering, interpreting and disseminating information about the state and requirements of the market are crucial to the development of a complete PDS and a successful product...Manufacturing: 1.11 Product value - What a...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...simple answer is that the more we know about anything the more interesting it becomes: listening to music or looking at paintings with someone who can tell us a little about what we hear or see – or what we‘re reading – is one way of increasing our understanding and pleasure. That may mean learning something about the people who produced the writing, music, painting...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham
History & The Arts

A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham

...simple place away from the station, he will help us satisfy them very wholesomely and agreeably at boards which seem festively set up for the occasion, and spread with hot roast-beef and the plain vegetables which accompany the national dish in its native land; or he can have the beef cold, or have cold lamb or chicken cold. His fellow-lunchers will be, as he may like...
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...simple and elementary and basic and that they know, they in fact don't know. Socrates: Genius of the Ancient World Watch this excerpt from a BBC programme on the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and consider the following questions: How helpful do you think this method is when considering service improvements? What ‘tips’ would you take from Socrates in facilitating...
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...code particular kinds of behaviours we’re interested in. We also do interviews, both with parents and also with children sometimes. Obviously we can an awful lot of information for– from parents by giving them questionnaires to asses various aspects of all– their own psychological wellbeing but also their children’s development. And with kids themselves we give...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...Simple Changes’. Look out for the boxes throughout the course containing links to these resources. The other goals won’t be explicitly addressed, but as you work through the course, try to reflect on how the topics covered could link to them. A healthier Wales The ‘A Healthier Wales’ goal is defined in Table 1. This goal will be explored from different...
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...codes of narrow forms of heterosexual masculinity which rests on the belief that to be a ‘real man’ you’re not gay. Like Gareth Thomas, gay men come out because many report feelings of ‘living a lie’ and feel isolated and alienated from society when they are hiding a part of themselves. He was fortunate enough to receive a positive and assuring response from his...