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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

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Introductory Level Updated 21 May 2013
By Dr Jonathan Leach
May 2013 sees the publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. So, why all the fuss about revising a manual for...
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DEBATE: Should we have a smaller financial services sector?

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Introductory Level Updated 20 May 2013
Do you think we should have a smaller financial services sector? Vote in our poll and leave your comments
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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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Children and young people’s participation

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Children and young people’s participation
Masters Level Duration 12 hours Updated 21 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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Introductory Level Duration 40 hours Updated 21 May 2013
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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 21 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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An introduction to health and social care

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Introductory Level Duration 600 hours Updated 20 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
By The Open University
Explore through real-life case studies how we give or receive health and social care services in residential and community settings, hospitals, clinics or GP surgeries.If...
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Signals and perception: the science of the senses

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Advanced Level Duration 300 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
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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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Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 12 Dec 2013
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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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