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Porn licensing isn't the answer
Digital & Computing

Porn licensing isn't the answer

...work but there are many more that care little for our moral standards and know that human nature, or their own agenda, will prevail. Many ISP’s are already filtering inappropriate content but, in doing this, they are also being accused of blocking other content. The internet freedom campaign group Open Rights) is collecting information on cases where sites have been...
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Five tips for relaxing during difficult times
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips for relaxing during difficult times

...working life in NHS mental health services, here are five tips that I believe will help in terms of relaxing. 1: Remember it is different strokes for different folks… [A zero to ten gauge registering at ten - isolated on a white background] Firstly, there is no one relaxation technique that will work effectively for everyone. That is why facilitated relaxation sessions...
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Children's University - Free online courses
Education & Development

Children's University - Free online courses

...Work through the course at your own pace. When you finish the course, you can download a certificate or a digital badge to prove you have completed it. Send this certificate or badge to your Children's University provider. You should also state how many hours the course took in order to determine how many stamps you should receive. Find out more about Children's...
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Why do a project as part of your study?
Education & Development

Why do a project as part of your study?

...work independently. By putting some of the control in your hands, we create a different study experience and a different way to learn some very valuable skills. But it can take some getting used to. Projects take different forms. You will probably do some small projects as an assignment in a module, either on your own, or working together with your fellow students. You...
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Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...work at the Curie Institute in Paris developed the technique of implanting a small radioactive material into a tumour which is known as brachytherapy and is used to treat certain cancers. It is noteworthy that in 1935 their daughter Irène along with her husband Frédéric Joliot were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their synthesis of new radioactive...
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?
Languages

How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...work is misrepresented in newspapers and on TV. Maria Leedham explains more...‘Blame culture’ Social workers as ‘cultural scapegoats’ ‘Child snatchers’ These are just some of the claims made about how social workers are portrayed in the media. But is the media really so negative about social workers? And what does this negativity look like? positive ones I set...
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Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
Health, Sports & Psychology

Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse

...work. To be a good nurse one must be a good woman, here we shall all agree. It is the old, old story. But some of us are new to the start. What is it to be "like a woman"? "Like a woman" - "a very woman" is sometimes laid as a word of contempt: sometimes as a word of tender admiration. What makes a good woman is the better or higher of their nature: Quietness Gentleness...
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Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...working alongside others and how they might develop their own capacity in this regard. The course will look towards practical approaches which place relationships at the heart of the leadership process, encouraging all of us to be confident, successful, responsible and effective within the learning situation, not only for ourselves but as advocates and supporters for each...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs