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Hospital: Dementia patients
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: Dementia patients

...becomes aggressive at home. Patricia, his wife of 25 years, looks after him without the help of carers, but is reaching breaking point. Carl is admitted to the hospital's specially designed dementia ward, developed in response to the fact that 25 per cent of medical patients now have some form of dementia. Stanley 85-year-old Stanley, who also has dementia, has had three...
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Soaring by Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Soaring by Design

...become airborne and quickly reach high altitudes quickly? The tracks in this album look at the aerodynamics of gliders, ask questions relating to the 'Speed to Fly', and explores the consequences of kinetic and potential energy change, providing a useful way of modelling the behaviour of a glider in the air. This material makes up part of the course MST209, Mathematical...
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What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...becoming infected and underlies the transmission of the virus to a new host. It’s estimated that every millilitre of seawater contains up to 100 million viruses, while lake sediments contain around 20 billion viruses per gram.How long a virus can remain viable outside its host depends on the virus and its environment. Some viruses can survive in the air or on solid...
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Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
History & The Arts

Download free eBook guides to famous literary works

...OU experts have created guides to introduce some key works of fiction for you to download and read on your prefered device. ...The Introduction collection In this collection of free eBooks you will find new extended introductions to some classic works of fiction, looking at the creation, themes and characters of the works - Charles Dickens' Great Expectations; Mary...
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Why do we have a two minutes’ silence on 11th November?
History & The Arts

Why do we have a two minutes’ silence on 11th November?

...a remarkable proof of the enduring legacy of the First World War. This article extract was originally published in our print item 'The First World War Experienced', a free booklet providing a close-up look at some of the experiences of the First World War and its commemoration. The booklet was written in association with the BBC/OU co-production Britain's Great War....
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Being heard
Education & Development

Being heard

...OU. For me, YXM130 provides opportunities for exploration and looking at a problem, or theme, from all kinds of perspectives. If I was to study YXM130, I would explore how people can make themselves heard, how we listen to one another and how we can communicate in the modern world. I am curious about our diversity in communicating and the challenges for those individuals...
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Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges
Education & Development

Co-designing professional learning to address evolving challenges

...OU’s TELT programme and follow-on programmes building on this model comprise flexible online delivery, opportunities for direct application in practitioners’ settings, reflective practice, and peer support, as well as the benefits of multi-stakeholder working. Furthermore, we introduced our most recent development, a cross-Nation eTwinning initiative, a
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What is a transformation process? The one minute guide
Money & Business

What is a transformation process? The one minute guide

...OU Business School courses Image credits: butterly emerging from a cocoon by Emmanuelle Bourgue CC-BY-NC-ND Tillamook cheese factory by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner CC-BY-SA Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries by Wellcome Library CC-BY woodworking by conespider CC-BY-NC-ND delivery people by Garry Knight CC-BY checkout lane by Random Retail CC-BY lockers by nachans...
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