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Determining the effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention approach in a young people’s sexual health service

An evaluation of a pilot study delivering Screening and Brief Interventions (SBIs) in a young people's sexual health service has shown positive results through a number of findings. The Place, in Sandyford, Glasgow and Clyde, piloted the scheme using a grant from AERC after a needs assessment showed alcohol was a significant factor for many of those attending the clinic.

BT as a learning organisation

In this podcast Alex Wilson covers how BT puts learning at the heart of its business and uses this to develop its talent and leadership capability. He explains the philosophy of learning in BT, how it is systematically integrated to the business objectives and tracked and measured against business drivers. Wilson also speaks about BT using technology to accelerate learning and as an enabler for business transformation.

Assessment and learning in practice settings: Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS) is a collaborative programme between five Higher Education Institutions. ALPS aim is to ensure that students graduating from courses in health and social care are fully equipped to perform confidently and competently in their professional careers.

Web Resource on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) For General Practitioners and Primary Care Practitioners

This resource is designed for any professional who is working in the health care system at the primary care level (eg General Practitioner; Allied Health Professionals (eg dieticians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and speech and language therapists), Dentists, Opticians, Public Health Nurses; District Nurses; Practice Nurses; and Dental nurses). This site provides access to key topics, case studies, scenarios, a glossary and a range of leaflets on ASD.

GIRFEC: Childhood, Citizenship and Children's Services - Whose Voice is it Anyway? Child advocacy and protection in the United States

This podcast is taken from the 'GIRFEC: Childhood, Citizenship and Children's Services' Conference held in Glasgow on the 24-26 September. Session 1 - Children's Voices, citizenship and inclusion. Professor Andrea Mooney, Clinical Professor, Cornell Law School, University of Cornell talks about how the criminal justice works in United States of America for children.

Urban experience in Chicago : Hull-House and its neighborhoods, 1889-1963 : primary source documents, historic photographs and scholarly essays

This website provides a history of Hull-House in Chicago and its co-founder Jane Addams. It is constructed at the University of Illinois at Chicago as an on-going research project to engage scholars and students.