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The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...public. The campaign has turned on economic arguments about personal advantage and often on an ill-concealed dislike of foreigners. The strengths of Europe in relation to human, workplace and family rights and the benefits of diversity get very little mention. The debate hasn’t changed UK politics but it’s brought out some of the nastiness in our political life –...
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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...public lecture from 2013 and a brief clip from ITV news. 'The vomit comet' builds on ELPIS, the European Life and Physical Sciences in Space research programme faciliatated by ESA, the European Space Agency. You can read more about ESA's parabolic flights and how they are conducted. Video 3: Bed Rest Fancy lying down for 6 months? This 60-second clip, narrated by David...
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Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...publication of the latest Oxfam report on the extent of global inequality. The new 2016 report, An Economy for the 1%, was published to coincide with the latest World Economic Forum event in Davos, Switzerland. The report highlights that we live in a world of growing inequality: a deepening and widening gulf between the richest 1% and the rest of humanity. Oxfam calculate...
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What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about
Health, Sports & Psychology

What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about

...health, productivity), as well as improve overall functioning within organisations (culture, relations, productivity and wellbeing). [neon sign - think about things differently] What is the Applying Psychology at Work Hub? The Applying Psychology to Work hub is a collection of free resources – articles, videos, audios and courses – that have been curated by a team of...
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The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of person-centred approaches to nursing care

...health service provision. The personal relationships we formed with the nurses responsible for our care will have been important to us. For all patients, and their families, the relationships forged with nurses and other carers are central to the quality of their healthcare experience. The quality of these relationships is singled out in patient satisfaction surveys as...
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Bird ringing in Bog Meadows
OpenLearn Ireland

Bird ringing in Bog Meadows

...health of the birds. Another delivery, we’ve got a conveyer belt going on here. AIDAN CREAN: OK, very good. What have we got? What net was that? BIRD RINGER: Two. AIDAN CREAN: Net two, OK. And what’s in the bag? Oh very nice, lovely. DARRYL GRIMASON: Beautiful. AIDAN CREAN: Lovely. DARRYL GRIMASON: It’s a blackcap. AIDAN CREAN: It’s one of our priority species....
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Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...Health Research (NIHR) under its Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR129491). Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Health and Social Care courses and qualifications....Session 1: Introduction: Introduction - We are all aware of improvements in the United Kingdom (UK) population’s life...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...Public Policy and Public Management, University of Birmingham Social care needs a big idea – long-term, carefully developed, cross-party – and today’s budget was never going to deliver on that. What it did deliver was £2 billion for the care sector – with half of this coming in 2017-18. That will come as a great relief to local authorities who manage desperately...
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