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Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...et al., 2024); later on, another two physicians, Morgan and Hinshelwood (based on the work of German ophthalmologist Kussmaul, 1878) used the word to describe a kind of ‘word blindness’ where people had trouble reading. Wolf et al. assert that the first explanations were linked to the visual system. Nowadays, we know that dyslexia is not due to vision problems, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...et al., 2018). However, home care has a role in supporting people to regain physical, emotional and social skills and so we might wonder how technology can support people in this – this is an important question to keep asking ourselves as we increasingly adopt technology in the home care environment. In the following activity, you will read a news article on how...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...Institute, explains that in developed countries the education levels of the adult workforce – often measured by average numbers of years of school – is nearly double that of their developing country peers. [Described image] Figure 8 With business as usual, over 1.6 billion people will need more that 85 years to catch up to today's education levels in developed regions...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...institution. RH: Tell me, you’ve been looking at the issue of land use and climate change, tell me about the fundamentals of your presentation. JFS: We can see that there are large risks still in the future for food security, not only of climate change per se, but also of interaction with the social economic storylines, if we end up with a world with high population and...
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The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...institutional change and individual reform must be balanced with evidence of failure and rejection. That is not to dismiss her legacy, which is both multifaceted and lasting, not to mention worth remembering. While elements of Fry’s work could be highly detrimental to those she intended to help, she did promote a new and enduring ideal of compassionate and sympathetic...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring immortality
History & The Arts

Exploring immortality

...institutional, organisational policy level, is this something that arabetic retreat centre should offer for example? Or even on a level of national policy, so to what extent does the Indian government’s description of its traditional medicine match up with what’s happening on the ground? CAROLYN So it sounds as if the questions that concern you are very practical...
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OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...institutions to invest in other activities which produce emissions. Eventually you might claim all that money back and spend it. Nevertheless, the calculator assumes that not spending directly tends to somewhat reduce your emissions. Goods How is 'green' or 'non-green' consumption considered? Emissions from goods and services consumption depend not only how much income...
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Article 5 mins
Scoring the Shoreline
History & The Arts

Scoring the Shoreline

...institution at the Last Night of the Proms. It has remained a focus for the celebration of Britishness, even though this has come under increasing criticism as a jingoistic anachronism in recent years. [The Giants' Causeway] Rather than suggest a confident assertion of Britishness, music reflecting the place of Britain as a seafaring nation has often expressed doubt...
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Article 15 mins