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Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...class, everything new to me and TES was great. The forums are fantastic. The advice people gave and the resources as well. It just makes that little bit less daunting. Maths isn’t my strong point. It’s something that I’m always looking at utilising the advice of other people for and one resource I downloaded off TES recently was a maths outdoor learning ideas and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...classes who shared this type of education and outlook. Far from being scientific reductionists inclined to see their patients simply in terms of diseased organs, these clinicians, like the eighteenth-century practitioners described by Jewson, saw the patient as a sick man, suffering from a unique and individual case of a disease, its course affected by lifestyle and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...variable and people may fear being in pain and a burden to their loved ones. Being separated from the people we love who are dying also affects how we grieve. In the words of Dame Cicely Saunders: “How people die remains in the memory of those who live on”. The importance of being present in those final weeks, days and hours is something people really value and those...
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Article 5 mins
The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...variables such as age, gender and prior attainment are controlled (NUS, UUK, 2019). Recent societal changes and influences have further increased the national and international focus on race and equality, with the tragic death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 and the subsequent re-focus on the Black Lives Matter movement (BLM). Arguably, BLM has served to profile the...
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Article 10 mins
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...variable, and many children miss out on the support they need or get the wrong type of support. For example, children may become involved in criminal activities and be treated through the justice system, rather than care and support-based focus for them and their families. The government is currently exploring amendments to existing law to create a shared understanding,...
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Video 5 mins
From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?
Society, Politics & Law

From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?

...classes at the time who were fearful of the consequences of such a movement. These protests and disputes, culminating in the threat of some kind of uprising contributed to the coining of the term Red Clydeside. The subject since of many books, films, cultural events and academic studies, the period of ‘the Red Clyde’ continues to shape our understanding of the history...
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Article 15 mins
Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?

...classed as non-essential luxury items. Can the government lift the tax? A long-term solution is difficult, because the current UK government is bound by the negotiations of a previous administration that took place four decades ago. Although unpopular with campaigners, the action of MPs to vote against the amendment is understandable: the UK is required to apply EU law...
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Article 5 mins
Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...classed as private and confidential and so may encourage discussion of topics that it would be too embarrassing to mention to friends. The therapist will have a structured approach to their interaction with their client which is based on psychological theories, training and supervised practice. Friends interact with each other in an intuitive manner and are unlikely to...
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Article 10 mins