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The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute
Society, Politics & Law

The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute

...Management Secretaries. Management Secretaries were on grade 4 of the Admin and Clerical Whitley Pay Scale whereas Medical Secretaries were paid at grade 3. This disparity was unjustifiable as the only obvious difference was who they worked with on a daily basis, i.e. who they were managed by. Medical Secretaries worked for senior doctors and consultants, transcribing...
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Positivity Portal
Health, Sports & Psychology

Positivity Portal

...management. ...Believe you can and you’re half way there – Theodore Roosevelt 2020 was a challenging year for us all. With that in mind, The Open University’s positivity portal is here to help you get your 2021 off to the best start possible. We’ll offer advice from our academics, free courses on a range of subjects including mental health and wellbeing, careers...
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Teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and other texts
Education & Development

Teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature and other texts

...project found that teachers need a wide and up to date knowledge of children’s literature and other texts. In this short film researcher Professor Teresa Cremin and teacher Claire Williams explain the implications of the findings and how we can address them in our teaching practice. Developing this subject knowledge enabled teachers to: Engage enthusiastically and...
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Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...managing?' On this basis, an engineer in a project team, a shop steward, a play-group organiser, a tax inspector, a teacher and a hotel receptionist, people who are definitely not Managers (with a capital M), all do a great deal of managing. It follows that although the amount of managing involved in people's work varies, it is seldom entirely absent, and is ......
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...Project Qualification (EPQ) is an opportunity for you to work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. See previous article in series: Finding and using evidence Writing up your dissertation. Being able to...
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Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?
Nature & Environment

Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?

...management that is governed by the vagaries of weather and seasons. Modern haymaking has a very different impact on sensitive meadow species, with hay often cut later and machinery allowing large areas to be covered much more quickly. However, there is controversy over the timing of hay cutting: Date restrictions under agri-environment schemes designed for conservation...
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My career goal: Childcare and education
Education & Development

My career goal: Childcare and education

...introduction to playwork:Transcript A day with a childminder: Transcript How to become a childminder: Transcript icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job...
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My career goal: Health and science
Health, Sports & Psychology

My career goal: Health and science

...introduction to roles in healthcare science Transcript How does the NHS work? Where can you find jobs? These questions are explored in this short animated guide from the King's Fund: Transcript Furthermore this NHS site has an overview of the range of careers available in health and science: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/ icould links icould is a site that provides...
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