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Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...care more about local wildlife than the current one. I’m an early years practitioner and woodland enthusiast and I confess that there have been times when putting a plastic bottle into an overflowing recycling bin has felt insignificant in the face of the climate emergency. Even being in the woods can be troubling. Critics highlight the way that forest school can become...
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Article 10 mins
The gift of being a foster carer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The gift of being a foster carer

...care for children and adults for a variety of reasons and for varying periods of time. The contribution foster carers make and impact they have is transformational and the biggest impact of all is making a difference in a child or adult’s life. We know times are changing with many challenges for individuals, families, communities, and society in general. Every one of us...
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Research on young people with melanoma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Research on young people with melanoma

...Care courses and qualifications. The lives of young people matter; their experiences matter; their futures matter and their significant others matter. Below are two short podcasts. The first one explores challenges in ethical approval for the Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) with cancer project delivered to you by Professor Susanne Cruickshank, who is the Strategic Lead for...
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Transitioning from home education to employment
Education & Development

Transitioning from home education to employment

...adults...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. The recent ‘Strengthening Home Education’ (2021) report commissioned by the DfE and the House of Commons Education Committee highlighted the need for research that explores the social outcomes of home education. In particular, employment is an area of society that we know...
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The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...care for others, it is especially challenging for them to exercise, but it’s very important that they do so as regularly as they possibly can. PA can be seen as a potentially powerful intervention to enhance family carers’ health, reduce carers’ burden and use of care services. PA is also reported to reduce anxiety and depression, both of which carers are also often...
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Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
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Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...Care at The Open University. She has an international reputation for research in the psychosocial field of diabetes. Her research interests have two overlapping strands. The first focuses on the relationship between diabetes and mental health and its impact on the individual and on health service provision. The second strand is her commitment to taking an inclusive...
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The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done

...care by programme makers. Another series of the hugely popular ITV show, Love Island, is still in the works despite the suicides of two former contestants, Mike Thalassitis and Sophie Gradon. On Twitter, former Love Island contestant Malin Andersson questioned the level of care given to people on the show: “Do we have to wait for one more death before other shows are...
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Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...adults care for a family member with a long-term illness or disability (White, 2013). It is estimated there may also be approximately 150,000 children in England and Wales who care for their ill or disabled parents in some way (Social Care Institute for Excellence, 2005). Research undertaken by Professor Saul Becker points to a hidden army of young carers with the number...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs