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Designing interactive systems for dogs
Digital & Computing

Designing interactive systems for dogs

...centred perspective so important for professional dogs?...[Dog holding a phone in her mouth] Dogs are incredibly adaptable and can be trained to do almost anything, including using a range of interactive technology, for example the kind we have in our homes (washing machine, telephone, light switches, etc.). However, anyone would struggle and underperform if they had to...
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Critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critical social work practice

...centre in Lithuania talk about their qualifications and why they became social workers and what their work involves at the centre. Social work skills in a polyclinic setting A look at the various methods of assessment and consultation that two social workers in a mental health centre use and the skills they believe are needed in the role. Working in a South African...
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Working at Wimbledon: a day in the life of a sport rehab therapist
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working at Wimbledon: a day in the life of a sport rehab therapist

...Centre Court at Wimbledon.] What does your normal working day look like?You normally find out the day before what players want from you. Depending on who's on court when, the players that are playing the following day get priority for that day in terms of order of play. Typically, you start at 7am with the first player who may want some pre-treatment, such as taping,...
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What's your personality profile?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's your personality profile?

...Our Time - on the COOT survey page. Find out more Study children... The Open University offers a number of courses that allow you to study childhood: Understanding Children; Childhood and Child Development among them. ... study people Starting With Psychology, Understanding Health and Discovering Psychology are just a few of the courses for study with The Open University....
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The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...children. It does this by drawing on the symbolic connection between nature and society and the dilemmas that this connection can be used to represent. Fables have survived into the modern age, although their role seems to have waned under the emergence of other storytelling media. Animals are, thus, still a feature of modern day stories (e.g. David Attenborough’s...
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The gift of being a foster carer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The gift of being a foster carer

...children and adults for a variety of reasons and for varying periods of time. The contribution foster carers make and impact they have is transformational and the biggest impact of all is making a difference in a child or adult’s life. We know times are changing with many challenges for individuals, families, communities, and society in general. Every one of us is part...
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Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?

...research...Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are best recycled by pulverising them into nanosized particles to easily recover valuable constituents such as polymers, oxides and metals, say Indian researchers. The new method, described in a study published in Materials Today in March, is scalable and environment-friendly, said researchers from the Indian Institute of Science...
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Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...children. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, however, the quality of the word-games and puzzles is of an extremely high order. [The Game of Logic] 'The Game of Logic' book by Lewis Carroll 1887 Charles Dodgson was fascinated by all kinds of puzzles and word-play, and he encouraged his young friends to share this interest through personalised games and puzzles:...
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