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Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...health and wellbeing. Froebel particularly emphasised the importance of time spent from birth in natural outdoor environments. Indeed, nature is identified as ‘the chief point of reference’ for human development: [The quote reads: ‘Life in and with nature, and with the clear, still objects of nature must be fostered at this time by the parents and members of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...Health [A crushed coke can caught on a drain] Is it down the drain for Coca-Cola and other sugary drinks? Andrew Street, professor of health economics, University of York The government is implementing sugar taxes on soft drinks as recommended by Public Health England in its October 2015 report on Sugar Reduction. Consuming too much sugar causes tooth decay and leads to...
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Article 10 mins
Verbal fluency
Health, Sports & Psychology

Verbal fluency

...mental processing as well. Doing a task like coming up with many different types of fruit names involves using the association area of the brain, the prefrontal cortex. Studies using brain scanning have shown that this part of the brain is especially active during such tests. Being reasonably fluent with words is important for communication. However, being able to produce...
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Article 5 mins
Water supply and treatment in the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Water supply and treatment in the UK

...health... Water supply and treatment in the UK An introduction to the contents of this album. Preserving water A panel discuss how safe, affordable drinking water is supplied in East Anglia, one of the driest parts of the UK. Treating water Computer graphics reveal the processes at Hanningfield Reservoir, providing drinking water to 60,000 people. The panel explain the...
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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, WELS); Gavin Williams (Staff Tutor, Education, School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, WELS); Roisin McPhilemy (Staff Tutor, Education, School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, WELS); Sue Creed (Staff Tutor, Education, School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, WELS); and Deborah Marinetto (Associate Lecturer,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...mental health, physical health and personal relationships. Whitty and Buchanan (2012; 2016) argue that victims of online dating romance scams suffer a ‘double hit’, as they suffer the loss of a relationship as well as experiencing financial loss. The survey conducted by Buchanan and Whitty (2014) showed that there are large individual differences in the degree of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...health and social care sectors. Unlike the UK’s often brutal neo-liberal model of high flexibility and insecurity, the Dutch model specifically tries to balance the demand for flexible working with the security needed by workers, something the EU calls “flexicurity”. The Dutch system protects carers from falling into in-work poverty and de-skilling by having higher...
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Article 5 mins
Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...health, education, housing and local government and other areas of social policy. In launching this edition of the book, John Dickie, Director of the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland said: Despite the challenging circumstances the authors of Poverty in Scotland 2016 are all absolutely clear that here in Scotland, government, employers and civil society have...
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Article 5 mins