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Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...health of the rest of ecosystem. Generally, if butterflies are declining, then it is likely that other species including ones that are hard to record or we don’t know much about are declining as well. Therefore, what we do for butterflies can be great for others as well. Finally, however sad it might seem, they are great food for other animals. You’ll often see birds...
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Article 10 mins
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...health and safety and how to ‘prep a frame’. You are then left to your own devices. “We come in each day and break down our mail. It comes to us in boxes and we tie these down into bundles and bags to assist with our own delivery.” Casual workers/temps are treated differently within the workforce, they are trained less than permanent workers as well. Postal...
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Article 10 mins
Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...Health and Social Care qualifications. In this second of a series of OpenLearn articles linking to The Ageing Well Public Talks (AWPT) Series structured around Five Pillars for Ageing Well that runs every year at The Open University, we are going to discuss how we could prepare for a home death. Earlier in the AWPT Series, we discussed Advance Care Planning presented by...
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Article 5 mins
Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...health and after years on the road he eventually fled to the countryside. Ever Wondered sent him out to discover if the environment you live in can affect you physically. Terry: I’ve always wondered how growing up in Coventry affected me. It was a very bleak place, just subways, flyovers and concrete. This is my old school. I was released from this school at 15 without...
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Article 15 mins
Working mothers in Scotland's railways
Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

...Health and Safety Executive. Reflecting over the years my Mum can’t believe the changes that have come about for working mothers. My Mum worked constant backshifts for around eight years, to enable my Dad to gain his degree, which also meant she was around to look after us through the day. Sometimes if my Dad wasn’t home in enough time for Mum leaving for work, we all...
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Article 5 mins
What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?

...health had been deteriorating for several years before the ill-advised Holmes fight and the savaging he took repulsed even his sternest critics. Ali the “fearsome warrior,” as Hauser calls him, would disappear, replaced by a “benevolent monarch and ultimately to a benign venerated figure”. And now that venerated figure has died, aged 74. Muhammad Ali was also a...
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Article 5 mins
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...health, they can pass the virus on to others who may be less able to withstand its pathological effects. So the question of whether the risks of reintroducing smallpox vaccination outweigh the possible benefits depends on estimates of the potential risk of a bioterrorist attack. At the time of writing (2003) the threat is considered to be so low that vaccination has only...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...wellbeing framework Getting it Right for Every Child (Scottish Government, 2008) onto a statutory footing. The introduction of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 was a significant milestone in protecting children in Northern Ireland. Globally, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UNCRC) was created with the aim of encouraging governments...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs