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Everything you need to know about snowflakes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everything you need to know about snowflakes

...history and is unlikely to be exactly repeated. It only snows when the weather is cold, but an air temperature of 0 °C or lower is not necessary for snow. Although the edges of a flake will begin to melt at any temperature above 0 °C, the water produced will evaporate, cooling the air around the flake. The drier the air, the longer the flake can persist. In the dry...
About OpenLearn Wales
OpenLearn Cymru Wales

About OpenLearn Wales

...history and society. The choice is yours; you can use the filters on the left-hand side of the hub to help find what you’re looking for. You can also sort all resources alphabetically, by date or by popularity using the drop-down menu at the top. Many resources have been developed by The Open University in Wales in partnership with a range of experts and organisations....
What is it like to research death and loss?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is it like to research death and loss?

...history of researching death-related topics, and the Centre for Open Thanatology, an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and education of death, dying, loss, and grief across the life course and in diverse contexts. The Centre’s vision is to use research and education to foster open dialogue and critical engagement with death and loss. This podcast...
Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...of fuel poverty and the various government schemes developed to combat the issues raised Bedfordshire MENCAP A detailed history of the Bedfordshire branch of MENCAP Degree in Learning Disabilities The shifting boundaries between health and social care inspired the University of Hertfordshire to create a joint degree in learning disabilities for nurses and social workers...
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Social housing and working class heritage
History & The Arts

Social housing and working class heritage

...History at the University of Greenwich. This material forms part of The Open University Course AD281 Understanding global heritage... Social housing and working class heritage An introduction to this album. Social housing: winners and losers Iconic status or demolition? Social housing estates have had widely differing fates - which way will it go for the Carpenters'...
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...family and personal lives, in their attitudes to work, and so on. Through such arguments poverty comes to be understood not as an outcome of the society in which we live, a product of state failure or of an inadequate welfare state, but as a consequence of ‘negative’ or ‘dysfunctional’ attitudes, behaviours and ways of life that necessitate control. People living...
My abortion experience: Daisy's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Daisy's story

...Family Planning Association – for information about sexual health and contraceptive, information about training for health professionals, resources for professionals and patients, find a clinic tool, information about sex and relationships Bish Training for training and resources to teach young people about sex and relationships Sex Education Forum for information on...
My abortion experience: Sienna's story
Health, Sports & Psychology

My abortion experience: Sienna's story

...Family Planning Association – for information about sexual health and contraceptive, information about training for health professionals, resources for professionals and patients, find a clinic tool, information about sex and relationships Bish Training for training and resources to teach young people about sex and relationships Sex Education Forum for information on...