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Personal and career development in engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal and career development in engineering

...Institute of Design Engineers, talks about the application process for professional engineering bodies in the UK, their role in quality assurance and the benefits of membership. Employing and Managing Engineers Rod Taylor, MD of an electronic engineering business, talks about the value of ongoing professional development and the skills and competences required to succeed....
Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens

Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens compare how juries, trials, and jury research studies work in the UK and in the United States...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. Podcast transcript
What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...skills and prowess including balance, hand and eye co-ordination, dexterity and poise under pressure. The All Black teams perform two types of haka – Ka Mate and Kapa o Pango. Ka Mate was composed by the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha, around 1820, as a celebration of life over death after his lucky escape from pursuing Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato enemies. Having played...
Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...studies, gives us a view of the OU's involvement in the series and what the audiences will gain from watching: "As an academic consultant for the BBC, I got the unique opportunity to see how this production took shape. I got involved when the series had been commissioned but hadn’t been filmed yet. Of course, lots of work has already gone on to get the series to that...
What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...studies in the western world?...Find out more about The Open University's Biology courses and qualifications [Green antibiotic pills] Adapted from the Open University module K203, Working for Health. Modern western scientific medicine is often called "biomedical" because it explains health in terms of biology. It attaches importance to learning about body structure...
Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...skills that health and social care professionals and other vital frontline professionals need to have and the role that a multi-agency approach plays. It is essential to recognise and respond to key risk indicators, to protect vulnerable children and young people from FGM, and to work with people in a sensitive and respectful way. Of particular interest is the dialogue...
The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy
History & The Arts

The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy

...skill, many were not. Women were found amongst the licensed practitioners. They were not allowed to go to university, but a physician might teach his wife or daughter, who could then practice on licence. Large numbers of women were in fact involved in healing - making medicines, setting bones and treating small wounds - but nearly always without the status of men. 95% of...
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course, you will be able to: understand the impact coach developers can have on coach learning and development appreciate the skills, knowledge and personal qualities that effective coach developers possess describe appropriate concepts and theories that...
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