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Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...institution in which you practise or an institution you attended, or one which a member of your family attends. What does achieving equity for learners need to look like in this context? What does it feel like for learners/students, teachers, you? Spend a few minutes jotting down your thoughts. Compare this description with the account given by the person to whom you...
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Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...institution exists (Seeleman et al., 2009). This involves a willingness to understand cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, traditions and language preferences which may differ from your own. It requires a curiosity about the learner’s position and background, and how these may impact on their mental health, and any mental health conditions they may experience, as well...
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...institutional discrimination, from inaccessible public buildings to unusable transport systems, from segregated education to excluding work arrangements, and so on. (Oliver, 1990) In other words it is society that disables people who have impairments (an impairment is defined as any loss or abnormality of physiological, psychological or anatomical structure or function...
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Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...institutions have used both our digital capability framework, the discovery tool, et cetera, we've seen some excellent uses of how that's impacted and empowered the University as well. And if I can draw on the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, they're a really good example of where you've got a really clear digital strategy and how that can have that really great...
Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

...Institute of Economic Affairs’ €100,000 Brexit Prize. Despite all the coverage and praise received by the winning essay, one fundamental point remains: the winning essay does not support Brexit, it actually supports “Britin”. I am not saying the essay makes a clumsy case or that it finds Brexit benefits to be small, ambiguous, or difficult to calculate; I am...
Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?

...Institute for Development Studies, argued that any measures to stop overuse and concoct new drugs must be “complemented by investments in measures to ensure universal access to effective antibiotic treatment of common infections.” “In many countries, poor people obtain these drugs in unregulated markets,” Bloom said. “They often take a partial course and the...
Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion

...institutions and commercial agencies are demanding and developing new methods to gather and interpret data. The trend has been exponential with electronic forms of data collection, creating ‘big data’ which can – and must - be analysed in new ways. These data and attached methods aim to know and generate particular forms of public and commercial benefit. Likewise,...
Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland

...institutions whose work is at risk or compromised. Kiron offers free online learning opportunities to refugees and underserved communities. Learning Equality supports the creation, adaptation and distribution of open educational resources - browse resources on the Kolibri platform. UCAS Student Finance guidance for refugees and asylum seekers. If you're a refugee or...