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Hospital: Dementia patients
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: Dementia patients

...January - this time, he was found wandering semi-naked by police and brought to A&E. Unpredictable and prone to outbursts of challenging behaviour, Stanley isn't coping well at home. His family are keen for the hospital to find him a nursing home place, but it won't be easy. Not every nursing home will have the skills and resources to manage Stanley's demanding behaviour....
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Video 5 mins
Learning to change
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning to change

...the value of life experience and describe how they managed their studies alongside other commitments. Benefit through Learning What the future holds. Adult learners reflect on how their studies have furthered their careers and changed their attitude to life. Johari Windows A technique that helps you create notes about yourself and creates a basis for decision making....
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Audio 22 mins
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...Introduction - This free course, Translation as a career, explores what being a professional translator is like. During the course you will meet professional translators discussing their work and reflect on what they say. You will assess your own language level and find out how translators maintain their language skills. You will also engage in a short translation...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...manager in a high-powered, stressful position, so when she heard about the opportunity to become a postal worker (she hoped that this would have a better work-life balance that included sociable hours of work) she jumped at the chance. It wouldn’t be that straight forward though, it never is. Struggling for a job with Royal Mail This wannabe postwoman had an additional...
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Article 10 mins
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...managed to isolate the antibiotic and mass produce the drug, something Fleming could not manage. Fleming was self-depreciating about his part in the development of penicillin but since he was the first to discover the properties of it he had the honour of naming it. By D-Day in 1944, enough penicillin had been produced to treat all the wounded soldiers with the Allied...
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Article 15 mins
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...Introduction - In this free course, Accessibility and inclusion in digital health, you will consider some of the ways that people can access digital health in the UK and how they are able to take more control over their physical and mental health. However, for a number of reasons not everyone has access to digital health technology; for example, affordability, fear of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life

...NASA Interim Directive: Biological Planetary Protection for Human Missions to Mars’, NID 8715.129, 9 July, P.1(a)(c) [Online]. Available at: https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/OPD_docs/NID_8715_129_.pdf American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act (HR 2809, 115th Congress, 25 April 2018), §80103 (c)(2)(C)(D) [the bill passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate]...
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Article 10 mins
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...Introduction - The case studies in this course introduce various typologies of heritage and the methods used to study them. The case studies help to draw attention to the fact that the heritage traditions in England, Scotland and Wales are not the same and are enshrined in slightly different legislation. Every study of heritage requires an understanding of the legal...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs