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“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004
Society, Politics & Law

“We don’t just change nappies – we change lives”: Reflections on the Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike, 2004

...Open University's Social Sciences courses Setting the scene When we think about things like militancy, trade unionism, struggle and fightback, we draw on familiar imagery of braziers at shipyard gates and pitheads. We think of charged mass meetings, packed full of angry and determined … well, men. It is perhaps hard for us to contemplate, then, that early in the first...
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: How do coaches learn?: Introduction - At some point in their careers, most coach developers will themselves have been a coach. Some may still be coaching. If this is you, can you remember how you learned to become a better coach? Are there any similarities...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...Education, Open University Press. Section 2: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A / Shutterstock Section 3: shironosov / iStock / Getty Images Plus Section 4: Shutterstock AI Section 5: Svetlana Ivanova / iStock / Getty Images Plus Section 6: Tashatuvango / | Dreamstime Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers...
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...Palgrave MacMillan, reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses. Copyright © 2016, The Open University...
Bayesian statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Bayesian statistics

...course, Bayesian statistics, is an extract from the Open University course M249 Practical modern statistics, a second level course that provides a broad perspective on modern statistics by introducing you to four important topics: medical statistics, time series, multivariate analysis and Bayesian statistics. Each of these is given a practical introduction with...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 1: Ethics, trust and academic community: why?: Introduction - In this first session, you will explore the ideas around ethics, trust and academic community, i.e. the ‘why’ behind the importance of producing your own work. The session has been divided into...
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...Education and Language Studies/ The Open University/ Alder Hey Childrens hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital | Alder Hey in the Park /WellChild National UK Charity for Seriously Ill Children | WellChild 6 minute briefing: OU Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies/ The Open University/ Alder Hey Childrens hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital | Alder Hey in the Park...
VE Day
History & The Arts

VE Day

...resources on this time in history...8 May 1945 was Victory in Europe (VE) Day - a turning point in world history that brought an end to the Second World War in Europe. As we remember this momentous day, OpenLearn invites you to explore a special collection of resources that delve into the people, decisions, and events that shaped this period and its aftermath. From a...
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