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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...changed from the second world war to the modern day...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses and qualifications. There is still a great deal we don’t know about the history of sex education. The research that has been done is largely about school sex education during the 20th century. School sex education is important, yet most of us...
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Article 10 mins
Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...changes associated with ageing and polypharmacy increase the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and worsening of chronic conditions. For example, reflex tachycardia is a mechanism to increase heart rate and blood pressure when changing from a sitting to standing position. This is blunted in older people which means that drugs that lower blood pressure – whether that...
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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...change their passwords and make their login process more complicated (and more secure) by enabling two-factor authentication. The affected services often require users to reset their passwords, but research shows very few people enable features like two-factor authentication. And even if they can, few people consider canceling their accounts – they depend too heavily on...
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Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...change and improve social care. Activity 1 Weighing up the news The news article, ‘Can technology fix the social care crisis?’, reports on why technology is being introduced to transform social care. Read the article and make notes in the text box below about the key pros and cons of transforming social care with technology. Discussion Here are some pros and cons you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...change in the context of conflicts of goals, values and interests … a process or an activity that can take place anywhere, not just in developing countries. (1996, p. 106)...Discovering development management: 3 A conceptual framework - Thomas’s definition of development management as ‘the management of intervention in the process of social change in the context of...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...changing climate and Earth movements is therefore involved in producing many of the geologically recent coastal landforms of the British Isles. In addition, we can remark that concerns about contemporary sea-level rise relate to yet a further process – that of rapid ocean warming accompanied by the expansion of seawater volume...Practising science: reading the rocks and...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
What is a Professional Doctorate?
Education & Development

What is a Professional Doctorate?

...change within their professional areas. The programmes promote the creation and interpretation of new professional knowledge and practice, thus contributing to the development of new ideas, methods or approaches. Your professional identity as a doctoral student involves being a person who conducts research, produces a thesis and participates in other learning activities...
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Video 5 mins
Parent and guardians: Your questions answered
Education & Development

Parent and guardians: Your questions answered

...changing step. Alexandra offers tips to encourage new students to integrate into the university community, from joining social media support groups, accessing additional support and selecting the right student halls. Tips for belonging and community One of the biggest concerns for parents and guardians is whether their young person will feel a sense of belonging when they...
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