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The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...resources of the organising member association,’ (FIFA, 1999), (Mazars & ASCI, 2021) a system inherently disadvantaging African and Caribbean federations compared to their European counterparts. Pipeline development: Initiatives like Madalitso Mkoloma’s International Football Heritage Agency (IFHA) are crucial. Mkoloma is an ex-international player of Barbadian...
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...resource, how do you open it up, how do people get access to it, how do they understand what they have? So, it could be fantastic, it could give people a window into the world, in to see treasures they hadn’t realised or to see the changes, maybe massive changes between what was around 50 years ago when Zoo Quest was first made and what’s around now, but all that...
Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis
Education & Development

Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis

...resources and social capital are often better able to recognise early signs, advocate for their children, navigate complex systems and access private assessments and support. In contrast, families facing economic disadvantage are more likely to encounter barriers at all stages. Limited access to resources and longer waiting times all contribute towards later...
Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...educating the public about environmental issues. While Iceland certainly has other practices that are environmentally unsound (for example selling meat products and using refrigeration requiring energy that produces carbon dioxide), their advert ought to be commended for drawing attention to the catastrophe that is unfolding. By squashing the Iceland advert, Clearcast is...
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education Wildman, A. (2003) The CEDAR model. Available at: https://www.annawildman.com/ cedar-feedback-model.html# (Accessed 16 February 2022)...Practice supervision and assessment in nursing: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Linda Walker, Liz Sturley and Barbara Cochee. Except for third party materials and otherwise...
What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...resources in new ways. This not only supports sharing experiences with others but widens children’s ability to feel able to participate because there are no right or wrong answers and there is no pressure to conform or respond in a certain way. Being creative, developing ideas and turning them into something meaningful relies on making judgements about the value of...
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...Education programme at the Open University. PAYAM REZAIE And I'm Payam Rezaie. I'm a Reader and the Programme Director for the Science Master's programme at the OU. ERIC ADDAE-KYEREMEH Between us, we have more than 30 years of experience in teaching postgraduate students, producing and leading qualifications across different programmes at the OU and elsewhere. PAYAM...
iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...Open University’s award-winning citizen science platform for biodiversity and helps the public and scientists get involved in monitoring species worldwide. Celebrating 12 years of science learning and research it builds species identification skills and contributes to biological data recording in the UK and globally. iSpot is a network of tens of thousands of nature...