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Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...think really that was one of the most powerful steps in the app. And so because I was guided by the therapists, they were meeting me regularly, I felt confident enough to take those steps, that if I was feeling particularly anxious or traumatised again, that I could talk it over with them. The app gets you to write a letter to a friend as if that friend was you. And so...
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...think some of it is instinctual but I also think it's it's intertwined with culture. We're actually quite neutral about things like blood but once you say 'it's menstrual blood' then everybody would recoil I think in horror - but even that recoil I reckon would vary across cultures. So I would say that every civilisation draws a line between the dirty and the clean, and...
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...systems, and fire-retardant materials. What do you think Pyne means by the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ kinds of fire? Why does he think that too much of the ‘wrong’ kind of fire and not enough of the ‘right’ kind of fire is making the world uninhabitable? Discussion Your answer may include some of the following points. By distinguishing between the ‘right’ and...
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...Thinking about animal minds Timing: Allow 20 minutes for this activity Try to answer the following questions about animal minds, drawing on your own experiences and understandings. Type your responses (up to 100 words for each question) in the box below the three questions, and then select ‘Save’. Do animals feel emotions? What evidence is there to suggest that they...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...system works, that you do have that capacity to think differently, to accept new data, to understand you might have very good experimental techniques to study what you’re interested in. There’s still capacity for paradigm shifting new evidence to come along, and then you have to adjust, you have to incorporate that. And actually in later years, you know, I’m pleased...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...thinking about change and organisational development in a different way, the ‘Hybrid ways of working: a contextual sustainability framework’ illustrated below has been designed for this collection to highlight the key areas you need to consider when thinking about organisational development. As many organisations and higher education institutions (HEIs) continue to...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...system, and towards identifying and addressing barriers within the environment. This approach is underpinned by an understanding of learning as a dynamic process situated within cultural, historical and social contexts. Try out the following activity First, reflect on a couple of labels commonly used in your practice or educational setting. How might these labels...
How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...system, or ‘COICOP’ to its friends. Back then, though, we used a different system of spending categories, the so-called Family Expenditure Survey or ‘FES’ system. This, then, is what we need to use to make meaningful comparisons between today’s data and those from 1957. Over this period, on the FES basis the proportion of total expenditure on housing has doubled...