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The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...energy as well, that can make you a better athlete if you have any interest in normal life. DAVID LAVALLEE: This is the future. I think that for the next 20 years, this is where the performance gains will be seen within sport. I think it will be in the well-being and the welfare area. And I don't think there'll be marginal gain. I think it'll be much significant, much...
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...energy into activities outside your job if you’re dissatisfied at work, change the way you work so that it reduces your contact with troublesome elements, or spend more time doing the things you enjoy and cutting down those you don’t. Leave: find a constructive way to move on or out of the situation, job, relationship or problem. Activity 2 Timing: Allow about 15...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...energy this morning. I will have to redo all his work – how simply delightful! Note that film reviews are a wonderful resource for building up vocabulary and practising positive and negative adjectives. Try researching film reviews on an online film database in French and make a note of all the positive and negative adjectives that you can find. Activité 20 Comparez...
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...energy & water, or agriculture, forestry and fishing, sectors, in [Northern Ireland]. (Courtney, 2011) Within this workforce, 90 per cent are volunteers, most of whom are engaged in uniformed or church-based youth work; 8 per cent are part-time paid staff and 3 per cent are full-time paid staff. In England: The most recent figures suggest that there are around 5,500 [full...
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...energy efficiency — are getting stricter every year, says Fisher. Along with rising land prices, this is making it harder for developers to make money out of building mid-level homes. (Cox , 2017) Discussion In the first article, lower demand in the UK, which reduces pressure on prices, is explained by the end of rush to beat new rules on stamp duty for second homes. In...
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...energies of growth, as Gothic architecture does, or those of massive weight, as so often in Romanesque buildings, or yet the idea of perfect equilibrium forces, like the Greek temple. Byzantine architecture is essentially a ‘hanging’ architecture; its vaults depend from above without any weight of their own. (Demus, 1948, p. 12) The latter element is a very important...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...energy on the team task, is more effective. It has even been found that teams that devote excessive attention to their own development are less productive and enjoyable to work in than those that do not. Therefore, the skill in facilitating team development is to know when, how, and if at all, to intervene in building the team. SAQ 3 Briefly describe each stage of...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...energy from one given first thing in the morning. Some occasions may be solemn, others up-beat. Finally, a speaker needs to look at the room itself. How comfortable are the chairs? How good is the lighting? Does it feel too hot or too cold? These are important factors when it comes to judging how long an audience will be comfortable for. It is also very important to check...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs