Blog and updates
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22 Oct 2025
New Electronic Eye Implant
For individuals facing permanent vision loss, the dream of regaining the ability to read letters and words can seem impossible, especially when the condition is untreatable. However, a new...
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21 Oct 2025
Film Review: I Swear
The biopic I Swear, focusing on the life of activist John Davidson, is an important film about the lived experience of Tourette Syndrome (TS). Crucially, the film avoids being overly cheesy or...
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18 Oct 2025
Updates from the HSC Team
The last couple of weeks have been very busy for the HSC team! We have added a huge number of free resources to the AAQ BTEC National Unit 2 Human Biology & Health Collection. We now have topic...
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17 Oct 2025
The Imperative of Assignment Literacy in Vocational Education
There's a frequent, yet incorrect, assumption that qualifications combining exams and coursework, like the AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care, have a lower overall assessment burden upon...
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13 Oct 2025
Motor Neurone Disease
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) featured heavily in the news last week, as we learned that former England rugby union captain Lewis Moody has been diagnosed with MND. For example, this BBC Sport...
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10 Oct 2025
World Mental Health Day 2025: Supporting mental health in times of crisis
Today marks World Mental Health Day, and this year's theme from the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) is particularly relevant for those of us in health and social care: "Access to Services...
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9 Oct 2025
Nobel Prize 2025 for Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious awards, given each year to people who have made outstanding contributions to science, literature, peace, and other fields. The Nobel Prize in...
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7 Oct 2025
Healthcare: learning from case reviews (NSPCC)
Healthcare: Learning from case reviews is essential reading for teachers of Health & Social Care. It documents learning points from serious safeguarding case reviews involving children,...
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6 Oct 2025
Get Exam-Ready with the BTEC Tech Award Health & Social Care Component 3 Grade Booster
Are you preparing for your students for the BTEC Tech Award Health & Social Care Component 3 exam in January? tutor2u’s Grade Booster Workshop in Birmingham is your ultimate revision day....
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3 Oct 2025
Maximise Student Exam Success with the Unit 2 Grade Booster Workshop
The 2026 BTEC National Health & Social Care Unit 2: Working in Health & Social Care January exam is fast approaching. Are your students ready? tutor2u’s Unit 2 Grade Booster Workshop is...
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3 Oct 2025
New resources this week you may have missed!
This week we added the following free to download resources: AAQ BTEC National Unit 1 Human Lifespan and Development Attachment Theory Resources This download includes a factsheet on attachment...
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2 Oct 2025
Teaching Sensitive Topics in Health & Social Care: Lessons from CPD
One of the themes that emerged strongly in my recent CPD with Health & Social Care teachers was how challenging it can feel to teach sensitive topics. These are the moments where teaching goes...
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30 Sept 2025
Reflections on a Week of CPD: Supporting Teachers Through Change and Challenge
Last week I had the privilege of working with an incredible group of teachers across four days of CPD in Health & Social Care. It was a week of collaboration, challenge, and inspiration—not...
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23 Sept 2025
Podcast Picks for Health & Social Care Educators
Podcasts can be a brilliant way to keep classroom content fresh, while also sparking students’ curiosity with real-world examples. This month, I’ve picked two BBC programmes that offer rich...
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22 Sept 2025
Join us on Socials!
We’re building supportive spaces for both teachers and students of Health & Social Care For Teachers 👍Join our Facebook Group: Health & Social Care Teachers This group is designed...
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19 Sept 2025
In case you missed these freebies this week....
Two more AAQ BTEC National free teaching/learning resources were added to the website this week: Activity Theory and Disengagement Theory Resources for Unit 1 Human Lifespan &...
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18 Sept 2025
What is intersectionality, and how does it relate to health?
When we’re talking about health inequalities or inclusion, it’s important to also have an understanding of intersectionality - a key concept that helps us understand how different people might...
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15 Sept 2025
National Inclusion Week
Today marks the start of National Inclusion Week, a week of action and celebration for inclusion in the workplace, organised by Inclusive Employers. But what is inclusion? What does it mean, why is...
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15 Sept 2025
What is inclusion, and why do we need it?
There are a huge number of keywords around issues like diversity and inclusion, so how do you get your head around what they mean and how they’re all different? As a disabled, neurodivergent and...
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11 Sept 2025
Round-up of AAQ BTEC National Resources NEW this Week!
I hope you have all had a successful first full week back! This week we have released three new sets of free resources, one for each mandatory unit of the AAQ BTEC National Extended Certificate in...
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