A guide for internal and external quality assurers in the FE and skills sector by best-selling author Ann Gravells.

A down to earth, practical guide to newly qualified social workers on their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment.

This book takes the approach of Erving Goffman - and its fundamental concepts including frames, stigma, definition of the situation, front and back stages, role distance, communication out of character, interaction rituals - as its focus, and shows how it can be applied in contemporary social contexts

This book reflects recent attention in both the press and peer-reviewed research on learning through online engagement, whether formally through online classes and MOOCs or informally within game environments and popular culture discussion boards.

Based on the lessons of World Class Learners this new series will show educators at all levels what it takes to help students be more insightful, creative, communicative, technically skilled, and decisive.

Based on the lessons of World Class Learners this new series will show educators at all levels what it takes to help students be more insightful, creative, communicative, technically skilled, and decisive.

Edited by two of the most respected figures in the field, the handbook includes contributions from leading sport management academics from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, the UK and Europe.

Considering strategy as something an organization has and which its members do, the new 2nd edition deals with a selection of topics that have been central in recent academic debates in the strategy-as-practice area.

Practical guidance for nurses and health professionals on using psychology to help patients improve their health and wellbeing and cope with illness.

Fully updated to reflect recent developments in CBT theory and featuring over 40 video role plays, illustrating scenarios in practice from physical techniques to wider applications of CBT, including for eating disorders, substance abuse and self-harm.