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Seven myths of being a female engineer
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven myths of being a female engineer

...Centre for Engineering Design at Cambridge University. For her, one of the biggest myths of the profession is “that you have to be big and strong to work in these sectors.” She goes on: “I’m not big. I’m not strong. But I can certainly do just as much as my other, male colleagues.” Rather than strength, she believes “imagination is the biggest key” for...
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Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...research about the job and the company (who at the time was First Group) and I did a lot of work on my application. I was fortunate enough to be able to approach two drivers for advice and information. The first was the driver that advised I apply for the job and the second was a driver who would later become my instructor. Only a handful of close colleagues were aware...
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Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...research - SCIE Person-centred thinking - Helen Sanderson Associates Exploring and understanding experiences and decisions in end-of-life care planning with patients and families from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds: Thinking Ahead study by LOROS Hospice Other useful resources from the Growing Older Planning Ahead project: Growing Older – Planning Ahead...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...Centre at the University of Kent. Their research explored what support people with learning disabilities need in order to have loving relationships. In this video you will listen to people involved in the project talk about what they found out. WOMAN 1 Initially, we had to give a lot of support for Daniel and Lily to help them maintain their relationship and develop it...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction

...researchers as we are, but we’re also really confident that teachers and learners in schools and universities are going to draw on this material. There’s another category we didn’t think of before we started, and that’s the world of natural history and environment filmmaking, both the professionals but also those people who are using the lavish freedoms of digital...
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Video 12 mins
How can languages further your career?
Languages

How can languages further your career?

...School (comprising a survey of 415 UK Small Medium Enterprises) statistically shows that language capabilities add 30% in value to exporting success. Inspired? Try a FREE language course The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures For many more short courses that will help you get started with learning languages, check out the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures....
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A gift of life at the end of life
Health, Sports & Psychology

A gift of life at the end of life

...centre of the decision-making process about organ donation and are asked to confirm consent for each specific organ and tissue donation. The sharing of donor families’ lived experience To share what it is like to go through this process, we made a film about organ donation with two families who agreed to organ donation following their child’s death. They share their...
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Video 15 mins
COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice
Society, Politics & Law

COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice

...centre. The complex, uneven, conflicting and ever-changing entanglements of Glasgow’s social and economic needs with matters of environmental health and wellbeing are evident throughout Glasgow’s history, even if rarely acknowledged or understood much of the time. As Glaswegians, this is an important time to reflect on this history. Glasgow: from the second city of...
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