By Sally Gates on February 7, 2012
Learn to Care and SWC to provide advice and guidance on the developing CPD agenda including the publication further guidance materials for the sector. Partnerships, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL): Supporting Work Force Development across the Social Care Sector, Third Edition. We first published the first edition of [...]
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By Tania Willis on February 2, 2012
To mark Eating Disorders Awareness week, which is between 20-26 February, Bournemouth University (BU) is providing a lecture which is open to staff, students and the wider community. The lecture is entitled Eating Disorders; Promoting Wellbeing, led by Dr Ciaran Newell (Consultant Nurse). The lecture will explore the causes of eating disorders; in particular the [...]
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By Sally Gates on February 1, 2012
National Competence Framework for Safeguarding Adults Learn to Care and Bournemouth University undertook this work in partnership to reflect the significant role that learning and developing plays in the delivery of high standards of social work and social care. The framework will be invaluable to Adult Safeguarding Boards, practitioners and learning and development personnel, both [...]
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By Tania Willis on January 12, 2012
Professor Edwin Van Teijlingen has been to Nepal in January to work with the Nepalese Government in promoting good health across the country. On 11 January he spoke at a conference that he helped facilitate which highlighted the benefits of community-based intervention for health. The conference was shown the results of two projects carried out [...]
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By kirstipawlowski on January 6, 2012
Leader of the Performative Social Science (PSS) Group at the School of Health and Social Care, Kip Jones, has had his work discussed Times Higher Education. The article ‘Big-screen vision breaks academic boundaries’ explains how through researching the work of developmental psychologist Klaus Riegel and American social psychologist Kenneth Gergen, Dr Jones realised that the [...]
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By Tania Willis on December 22, 2011
Midwifery lecturer Denyse King, from the School Of Health and Social Care, is the first midwife to register on the UK public health register. This means that Denyse can work closely with service providers in the NHS to produce services for a healthier population. The register chose Denyse for her wealth of experience and extensive [...]
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By Tania Willis on December 7, 2011
Bournemouth University received the internationally-recognised Baby Friendly Initiative Award today for the high quality of education in breastfeeding provided to midwifery students. The Award was presented by Sue Ashmore, Programme Director of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, presented the award to the staff and students today. The Baby Friendly Initiative, set up by UNICEF [...]
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By Sally Gates on December 7, 2011
Professional judgement, communication and critical reflection are vital aspects of a social worker’s role and a new book, ‘Critical thinking and professional judgement for social work’, aims to empower post-qualifying students to develop these skills. Author Lynne Rutter from the Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work at Bournemouth Universityexplains more about professional learning, a new [...]
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By Sally Gates on November 24, 2011
A new report that will serve as a blueprint for effective leadership in social work and social care has just been published by the Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work at BournemouthUniversity. Entitled ‘Leadership and Management Development for Social Work and Social Care: Creating Leadership Pathways of Progression’, the ground-breaking report is co-authored by Professor Keith [...]
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By Tania Willis on October 27, 2011
If left for too long they can cause liver cancer apparently – Phillipa Hudson Senior Lecturer in Food Safety at BU told the Guardian. Philippa Hudson, senior lecturer in food safety at Bournemouth University, admits that she would only remove a centimetre or so beyond the surface mould to continue eating a product. Stating that [...]
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