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Different cultures, different childhoods

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 26 Mar 2013
By Dr Heather Montgomery
A 'normal' childhood depends on where you live and when you're born. Heather Montgomery wonders how some common British practices might look to other cultures.
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Order your free 'Working to save lives' booklet

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Introductory Level Updated 22 Mar 2013
By The OpenLearn team
Order a free booklet exploring a day in the life of healthcare professionals. 
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Student nurses’ experiences of becoming a registered nurse

Student nurses’ experiences of becoming a registered nurse Copyrighted imageCredit: Bobby Flowers | Dreamstime.com
Introductory Level Updated 19 Mar 2013
By Professor Jan Draper
How and why does pre-registration nurse education play a crucial role in ensuring patients and their families receive high-quality nursing care?
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Children and young people’s participation

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Children and young people’s participation
Masters Level Duration 12 hours Updated 20 May 2013
By The Open University
Listening to children is a first step in the participation agenda, which is reasonably well established. By contrast, enabling children to share in decision making...
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Foundations for self-directed support in Scotland

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Foundations for self-directed support in Scotland Copyrighted imageCredit: (c) John Birdsall
Introductory Level Duration 40 hours Updated 20 May 2013
By The Open University
This course will provide the foundations of understanding self-directed support in Scotland in the wider context of personalisation. Providing grounding in the culture and ways...
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Designing space for dementia care

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Designing space for dementia care
Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 20 May 2013
By The Open University
The lives of people with dementia can be improved by careful consideration of key features of the design of the spaces in which they live....
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Understanding the autism spectrum

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Understanding the autism spectrum Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University/Karen Parker
Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 10 Oct 2013
By The Open University
An accessible introduction to autism, this course explores principles and problems of diagnosis, possible underlying causes and issues of care, education and therapy.This is a...
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Signals and perception: the science of the senses

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Signals and perception: the science of the senses Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: Dreamstime
Advanced Level Duration 300 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
By The Open University
Investigate how we interact with our environment through our senses – using concepts from biology, chemistry, physics and psychology to explore the process psychologists call...
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Understanding cancers

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Understanding cancers Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University/Karen Parker
Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 12 Dec 2013
By The Open University
Gain a basic scientific understanding of cancer – how tumours are formed and spread, risk factors, diagnosis, pathology, prevention, treatment, and lifestyle management (including palliative...
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