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Diverse perspectives on health and illness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse perspectives on health and illness

...family life and bereavement. Frank Richards Frank Richards was born in the Caribbean in 1931. He moved to England in 1955, and reminisces on his experiences as an immigrant and surviving ill health. Valuing people’s lives Tom Kitwood worked to develop residential care for the elderly with his care mapping program. He sheds light on the importance of engagement and...
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Can tourism be both responsible and sustainable?
Nature & Environment

Can tourism be both responsible and sustainable?

...history of tourism Two key aspects to explain why tourism matters – its global significance and tourism for development What is sustainability and what does sustainable tourism look like? Introduction to SEE: the three pillars of sustainable tourism – Social, Economic, and Environmental. What is responsible tourism and why is responsibility important? Whose...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
‘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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...families can trust them with their health and wellbeing (Peate, 2017). However, the Mazars report into Connor’s death highlighted significant failures of leadership and management at the Trust, together with ‘missed opportunities for learning’ (Mazars, 2015, p. 17). The authors concluded that failings in leadership at Slade House were multifaceted, and that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...history of science, explain key theories and principles and look to the future. Their emphasis is always on doing and discovering, based on the belief that hands-on interactivity leads to understanding. Our art galleries, whether a single room in a remote rural area or a vast national institution, act as both display spaces and places for inspiration or reflection. As...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...history to help explain the present day describe how the framing, arguments made and overall evaluation of a contemporary issue benefit from a critical approach to reading and viewing material...Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study: 1 Doping in the media - The first activity helps get you started by searching for recent doping stories. Activity 1 Your initial...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...history and meaning of these paintings...Around 1350 BC, the Egyptian grain accountant Nebamun commissioned the walls of his tomb-chapel to be painted with scenes depicting his afterlife, and the world in which he lived. Nebamun worked in the temple of Amun at Karnak during the reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BC). Amenhotep was one of the most important kings of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University
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Life-changing scholarships and bursaries at The Open University

...family, we can ensure that nobody misses out on the chance to achieve their dreams and ambitions. Click here to support the Open Futures Fund today Offering disabled veterans a new start When veterans are injured or disabled during or due to service, adapting to civilian can feel like an impossible feat. The Disabled Veterans’ Scholarships Fund offers these brave...
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