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5 tried-and-tested study tips for dyslexic students
Education & Development

5 tried-and-tested study tips for dyslexic students

...manageable chunks. One technique for this is the pomodoro technique. This involves working in 25-minute bursts with 5-minute breaks. You don’t have to use these timings: adapt it for what works for you. There are even apps that can help. 5 Use the support on offer [Male student in headphones making video call using laptop] It can be all too easy to try and find all the...
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Introducing environment
Nature & Environment

Introducing environment

...can build eco-houses, but who buys them? The green pioneers What it's like to live in the innovative Hockerton settlement. Garden gold The exciting microscopic world of the garden compost heap. Tackling writing A scientist gives his personal tips on writing essays on scientific subjects. Red grouse debate Differing views about land management through blood sports....
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Audio 2 hrs 2 mins
Carnival and the performance of heritage
History & The Arts

Carnival and the performance of heritage

...managed as a mass tourism event without compromising artistic integrity or losing touch with its roots? Notting Hill Carnival: artistic traditions What artistic traditions does Notting Hill Carnival draw upon and what's unique about its performances? Notting Hill Carnival: multiculturalism Why Notting Hill? Because for many Afro-Carribeans, Notting Hill is awash with...
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Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...managed by borrowers through such options as overpaying, offsetting and remortgaging. The course also examines the mortgages from the viewpoint of the lenders, including the factors that affect their decisions about making mortgage advances. By completing the course you will not only become more knowledgeable about the mortgage market but also more confident about making...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...managing and transferring intellectual property portfolios, again most often tailored for working in a world of proprietary software. Within these practices are terms and concepts most purchasing agents, directors of procurement, contract managers, lawyers, etc. understand, and in fact, expect. Open source software often pushes the limits of these folks, their...
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Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...manages to reach a lot of people. In terms of method, I would argue that exploring new formats for conducting and disseminating research can prompt us to ask questions - and allow us to find answers or address groups – that we could not envisage incorporating into traditional formats of investigation. My project is to produce self-help with a difference. A lot of...
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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...managed within a medical model of childbirth. Reactions to medicalised birth Reactions to the medicalisation of birth have been various. For some women, the technology and surveillance that is brought to bear on the birthing body is welcomed as a comforting presence to help ensure that the baby remains safe and well. Whilst it is vital that we recognise this, it is worth...
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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...Informed Plymouth Network (no date) ‘Envisioning Plymouth as a Trauma Informed City’. Available at: https://traumainformedplymouth.org/key-documents/ Watson, L. and Andrews, L. (2018) ‘The Effect of Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) Program on Stigma and the Barriers to Help-Seeking in the Police’, International Journal of Stress Management, 24(4), pp. 348–56....
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