Speaking of College is a show that answers common questions about college. The host, Amelia Parnell, has over 15 years of experience working with colleges and students. The episodes are a good fit for anyone who is curious about how college works and how to navigate the college environment.
Categories: Education
Tags: college, Education, higher, institution, Podcast, student, university
What was it like living and working in the largest mental deficiency hospital in Britain? And what changes led to its relatively recent closure? In it’s heyday in the 1970s, Lennox Castle Hospital in Scotland housed over 1600 patients in purpose built multi-occupancy villas, and most staff lived on site or in nearby Lennoxtown. Oral historian Howard Mitchell started his working life there, as a member of the hospital’s nursing staff. In the tracks on this album, he looks back at the history of the hospital, and talks to former patients and staff about their experiences during and after their time at Lennox Castle. He also reflects on the responsibilities of oral historians when gathering such personal testimonies. To complete the album, Professor Joanna Bornat of The Open University’s Faculty of Health and Social Care explains why the case study was selected for study and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. The material forms part of The Open University course K101 An introduction to health and social care.
Categories: Education
Tags: disabilities, disability, disciplin, institution, patients, residential
Listen in as alumni share stories about how their careers have evolved and how key intersections of experience, opportunity, and alumni connections have propelled them to where they are today. Find out what these alumni have done right and wrong and what they’ve learned at each intersection along the way.
Categories: Education
Tags: advice, career, conversation, Education, institution, Motivation, Northwestern, northwesternuniversity, purple, school, trailblazers, university, Wildcats
Welcome to UAB TechKnow! We are here to help the UAB community better connect with technology on campus. We introduce tips to keep you secure and cover things like new software and updates.
Categories: Education, Technology
Tags: alabama, Bham, birmingham, college, cyber security, geek, Higher Ed, Information Technology, institution, Magic City, phishing, safety, security awareness, tech, Technology, UAB, university
Nobel prize winning economist and philosopher, Professor Amartya Sen is widely regarded as one of the most influential public thinkers of our time, his interest and impact ranging across the key questions facing all societies: how can we promote economic well being, fairness and justice and how do we tackle deprivation and injustice. In this album, he talks about economics, welfare and his most recent book ‘The Idea of Justice’. The ideas in this album can be studied further in The Open University course DD309 Doing economics: people, markets and policy.
Categories: Education
Tags: behaviour, engagement, institution, practice, theory