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18 October 2023
On a mission for menopause
17 October 2023
Mentoring of an Occupational Therapist: personal account
When students reach the end of a course, they feel a deep sense of relief having completed all their assignments, and then await their results. One such former student is 29-year-old Ebenezer Baiden from Leeds, Yorkshire. Here is his story.
13 October 2023
Recycle Week 2023 – Pete Vesey on the sustainability of aids, equipment and adaptations
It's National Recycle Week! The NHS makes up 4% of the UK’s total carbon footprint with the NHS’ supply chain accounting for 66% of the NHS' overall carbon emissions. Within the supply chain...
13 October 2023
Self-reflection as a Guest Lecturer
Sarah Selina Macmillean reflects on a deeply moving guest lecturing experience at Leeds Beckett University, and how it encouraged her to share some personal experiences with the students.
11 October 2023
Blessing's inspiring journey: a first-year MSc occupational therapy student and RCOT member
Blessing Christian, a first-year MSc occupational therapy student at Glasgow University reveals her journey to studying OT, 'aha' moments, joys in her studies and advice for aspiring OTs. Read on to find out her full story.
10 October 2023
Being an occupational therapy lecturer at the intersections of culture
Occupational therapy lecturer, Aicha Djalo Balde, shares how being at the vibrant intersection of culture and identity has informed her teaching and what it means to work as an educator in Britain today.
29 June 2023
How can we make the profession more inclusive?
As this year's LGBTQIA+ Pride month draws to a close, Louis Prime explores how the profession can help when working with people who are LGBTQIA+. If you're inspired by Louis and want to work to make occupational therapy more inclusive, we've just opened up our...
27 June 2023
The Closet of Environment
As we approach the end of this year's LGBTQIA+ Pride month, Tony Chew shares his story about having to reclaim his identity after moving to the UK from the Philippines. We're grateful to Tony for taking the time to explore this and love the way he's connected his story with wider systemic OT issues...
05 June 2023
My volunteering journey – Paul Wilkinson
It’s Volunteers’ Week and we’d like to thank everyone who volunteers with us to support our community and raise the profile of our profession.
04 May 2023
Environmental sustainability survey results
At RCOT we’re committed to embedding sustainability in everything we do. We’ve analysed the responses from our first pulse survey on environmental sustainability late last year, which highlighted the need for our profession to drive change further across the sustainability agenda. Of the 1,726...