At the weekend I (Rosie) Skyped Kerry Pace from Diverse Learners and her daughter Phoebe about our joint blog for Dyspraxia Awareness Week. The focus of this joint blog is the strengths of dyspraxia such as: Emotional Intelligence Resilience Determination Enthusiasm We want to emphasise how people can change the language they use when speaking […]
This guest blog is by Janice St John (@jstjohnmatthews) AHP CPD Lead, Senior Lecturer at University of the West of England and MRI/CT Radiographer and also happens to have dyslexia. Janice talks about 3 of the 7 core concepts of teaching learners who have dyslexia or other neurodiverse profiles such as dyspraxia, AD(H)D mulitisensory teaching, opportunities for […]
We extend our thanks to Tracey for her guest blog for #UniMentalHealthDay on 18th February 2015. The event is co-ordinated by the University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN) and promotes disclosure of mental health issues to reduce stigma and increase access to support. This year the theme for University Mental health and Wellbeing Day is Choosing to Disclose […]
Michelle is a specialist study skills tutor and mentor at Diverse Learners and where we send our student nurses who need support doing drug calculations. She is also retired midwife and founder of UniSkills where this blog was first posted. Her first blog about managing mental health – We Really Do Know How You Feel – can be […]
Dear student nurse, A little letter of advice and encouragement along with the real story of nursing education. Heartfelt, if slightly tongue in cheek wisdom, from a Newly Qualified Nurse (NQN) who has been there, done that, and got the nice blue uniform… 1. There is no place for pride in the nursing course […]
Have just read a blog by David Hopkins for BYOD4L called communicating , network and noise as part of a free online professional development event called #BYOD4L (Bring Your Own Learning Device 4 Learning). This post contains some content that I posted as a comment response to David’s blog. As the comment became a reflection, then […]
These 5 top tips are posted in response to a blog by Teresa Chinn – @AgencyNurse and David Foord @DGFoord listing the virtues and dispelling some myths about using Twitter as a health care professional posted on NHSemployers site. WHY I LOVE TWITTER I love Twitter and learn so much from it for all the different areas of my […]
I met my MP Graham Stuart, on Saturday 14th June 2014 , with my daughter Phoebe to talk about proposed changes to Disabled Student Allowances (DSA). I am writing this blog because My MP was unaware of the current DSA proposals nor the Early Day Motion 48 (EDM) in opposition of the changes proposed by […]
At Diverse Learners, we really do know how you feel… The team have experienced:Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADD, ASD and/or mental health issues personally and within their immediate family, this ensures an empathetic approach. We try and do things differently – this is a picture of us on Hornsea beach (Jim, Kerry – with the dog, MICHELLE […]
I had a very enjoyable afternoon yesterday (Thursday 27th March) at the British Dyslexia Association Conference. The conference theme of the impact of innovation was an ideal way to showcase the projects I have been part of with Jane Wray – research fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the university of Hull. […]