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Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...et al., 2012). Public sector organisations are required to set equality and diversity objectives and monitor progress. Diversity activities receive formal attention in the public sector and consequently are often better resourced and have greater breadth and coverage compared to within the private sector (Tatli et al., 2008); but discrimination still persists (Colley et...
The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...et al, 2021 This carer’s account describes how caring can be difficult to plan around and disruptive of everyday life (Larkin et al., 2019). Unsurprisingly, caring can take a toll on carers’ health, finances, relationships and social life. For example, 71% of carers have poor physical or mental health, 22% live in poverty and 80% are lonely or socially isolated...
From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...et al., 2015). The popularity of healing (and other hands-on therapies such as Reiki or acupressure), not only amongst spiritually minded people but the wider population as well, is testament to the fact that such therapies often involve more time, care and attention being given to the individual than with standard medical appointments. The basic features of compassion,...
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...et al., 2012; Troyer et al., 2019). The latter refers to reading for recognition, for reward or to please teachers/parents. Research also indicates that the relationship between intrinsic motivation and reading skills develops at the early age of 6 years (McGeown et al., 2015) and that children can be both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated at the same time...
Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...evolved into an international knowledge network, and the CHILD project in Zimbabwe (Power et al., 2021). At one point in the video Alison points colleagues to the work of Bukola Oyinloye (Oyinloye, 2021) about working with ethical frameworks from both our home and the visited settings. Transcript. This stance appreciates the pre-existence of culture, community, belonging and becoming in that setting and, as Jessica Oddy ......
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...et al., 2013). This methodological approach enabled the European TeSLA team to plan, deploy and refine a novel system with informed practices for European Higher Education Institutions and Organisations working with online and blended learning. The benefits for the Open University: teaching and learning There were more than 1,700 students who used TeSLA e-authentication...
The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace

...et al., 2005) preserves higher self-esteem and self-efficacy (belief in ability to control our own behaviour, emotions, and motivations), reducing influence of negative events and strengthening influence of positive events (Salguero et al., 2015) builds and supports close relationships, increasing availability of social support, which also improves wellbeing (Lopes et...
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...et al., 2017). However, some commentators have been more cautious about adopting the positive model of health implied by the term wellbeing. Drawing attention to the emphasis on ‘complete … wellbeing’ in the WHO definition, at least one writer criticised this model at the start of the millennium for presenting an idealistic counsel of perfection that ‘puts health...
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