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Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...Health and Wellbeing courses. Population ageing is a rising trend globally, with declining fertility rates and an increase in life expectancy. The UN estimates there have never been more aged people in the world than today. This means it is increasingly important that ageing well is given priority. What is ageing [A very elderly lady, full face shot showing lots of...
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Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...health and wellbeing at the school. Between preparing for and attending meetings of the full governing body, sub-committee meetings, visiting the school, participating in training, and arranging activities at the school, as well as her work as chair of the school’s parent-teacher association, Kerrie estimates her work takes around 48 hours per month, but this ebbs and...
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Introducing practical healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing practical healthcare

...in order to improve their career progression within the health sector. This course will develop your knowledge and skills for a deeper understanding of healthcare practice. The course will also be of interest to anyone who is considering starting a career in health sector. Transcript If you are interested in studying this course, please visit the course website here....
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The Intervention Initiative – A bystander education programme
Education & Development

The Intervention Initiative – A bystander education programme

...Health England. It is an evidence-based educational programme for the prevention of sexual coercion and domestic abuse in university settings, through empowering students to act as prosocial citizens. The evidence review which was used to develop the programme is published by Public Health England. The Intervention Initiative is a programme of eight facilitated sessions,...
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Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...wellbeing. Disappointed expectations led to a loss of trust in schools. Teacher relationships Parents described deteriorating relationships with teachers and schools when they felt their children’s support needs had been misunderstood or even denied. One parent said her child’s unmet needs resulted in ‘anxiety which led to behaviour difficulties and extremely low...
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World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...mental in improving a woman's place in society and strived for equality. Read her story here... Emily Davies England 1860 - 1921 Higher Education [Emily Davies image] Emily Davies portrait by Rudolph Lehmann, 1880 In mid nineteenth-century England the world of higher education, like many others, was closed to women. Many people opposed the idea of women’s education on a...
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What counts as professional learning?
Education & Development

What counts as professional learning?

...wellbeing? [Professional learning - Current Experiences. Slide from the presentation.] Figure 1 Professional learning - current experiences In this session, we explored the participants’ own experiences of professional learning in the last year, exploring whether their experiences aligned with the findings of the report, what their personal choices would be about...
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Appreciative Inquiry
Education & Development

Appreciative Inquiry

...As a group, we considered the role such an Appreciative Approach to Inquiry can play in our contexts. Responses included the use of an Appreciative Approach for wellbeing sessions, for overcoming ‘blocks’ when trying to generate new ideas and considering how it could be used to challenge existing narratives when in a group situation. [Appreciative Inquiry] Transcript...
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