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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...working with children or are you a parent or carer? This free course, Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing, is designed to give insight into the factors that are contributing to our youngest citizens’ poor mental health; examining factors from a national and global perspective. By the end of the course you will have gained knowledge about strategies and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Learning through spoken interaction
Education & Development

Learning through spoken interaction

...work so learners need to be able to communicate effectively with each other when speaking. Group work can provide practice and good learning experiences but only if learners are able to explore ideas constructively. This involves the following: - Starting and finishing discussions - Keeping the discussion relevant - Taking and giving turns - Putting forward and explaining...
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Article 10 mins
Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane
Society, Politics & Law

Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane

...work and welfare, and some may even be prevented from accessing homelessness support, leaving no legal access to food and shelter. These are all framed as “migration control”, but their focus is on controlling access to human rights, not controlling migration. [Patients waiting at the doctors] Doctors have been asked to act as de facto border guards. 3. Make British...
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Article 5 mins
Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...works of literature and history. As you explore the writings of Herodotus in the OpenLearn Collection, think about the issues raised below, summarised from those posed by the OU A219 Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus'...
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Activity 5 mins
Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro

...work with her collaborator Diane Richardson (Sexuality, Equality and Diversity), Colombian researcher Camilo Tamayo Gòmez and the impactful theories of Kimberlé Crenshaw amongst others, Bisexuality is an accessible social studies book that identifies and analyses key aspects of the lives of bisexual and other non-monosexual individuals. Bisexuality is broken into six...
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Article 10 mins
Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Education & Development

Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?

...work. It is clear they need help. Teachers routinely inform students that if they are being bullied at school they should seek help from a trusted adult, such as a teacher or school counsellor. A new two-part ABC documentary, Bullied addresses the question of how victimised students can receive help from their school. Part one of the documentary describes the intense...
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Article 5 mins
Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Charlie Sheen, Rock Hudson and the changing face of HIV stigma

...work of Foucault and Goffman and – in relation to HIV – Richard Parker, however, reminds us of richer constructions of stigma; of stigma as it works on, between and within different groups to regulate behaviours and preserve or undermine existing power balances. Why stigma is here to stay Our own work shows the ways in which people with HIV are affected by stigma but...
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Article 5 mins
Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...working within what they call ‘the analytic tradition’. This is, unsurprisingly, a tradition that has used the techniques of analysis. Quite what counts as analysis is controversial, but one central method that has been used is the breaking down of complex concepts into simpler components. To take a typical philosophical example, one might start to wonder what...
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