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Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting South Asian young adult carers: A guide for social workers

...managing medications and acting as interpreters (Boyle and Sarwar, 2025). However, their caring roles are often not recognised by family members and professionals. Yet, many South Asian young adult carers are concurrently pursuing studies at college or university, while providing care to their family members and even engaging in paid employment. Although they miss classes...
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Article 5 mins
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...managed, and they can really figure out their place in the world, because it's a really important part of growing up is figuring out where you belong, who you are, how you fit in, what you contribute, how others see you. So that's what we try and offer. MAN Hello. RECEPTIONIST Hiya. MAN I'm here to see Alia please. ROCIO CIFUENTES [VOICEOVER] We also provide services...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...management, but positions on the issue of nuclear energy remained entrenched. With the so-called ‘nuclear renaissance’ gathering momentum in recent years, nuclear advocates, backed by governments, have gained in confidence while opponents have resorted, once again, to mobilising against further expansion of nuclear energy. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...project, James was working closer to home, series producing Springwatch for BBC TWO. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is James Smith, I’m the series producer of the Watches, so that includes Springwatch, Autumnwatch, Winterwatch, at the BBC’s Natural History Unit. How I got started I loved geography, that was my favourite lesson at school and I loved...
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Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?

...managing director of E-Parisara, one of India’s leading e-waste recycling companies. According to the United Nations University, the world produced 42 million tonnes of e-waste in 2014, with Asia accounting for 16 million tonnes. Currently e-waste is dumped in landfills, incinerated or treated with chemicals to recover valuable materials, but these are not regarded as...
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World-Changing Women: Queen Nzinga
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Queen Nzinga

...managed to call a halt to Portuguese slave raids in her kingdom through clever tactics. Read about her legacy in this article... Queen Nzinga c.1581-1663 Modern-day Angola State Leadership [Queen Nzinga image] Drawing of Queen Nzinga In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, city states along the Central African coast began to be of interest to Portuguese...
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What failing in the learning journey feels like
Education & Development

What failing in the learning journey feels like

...management. Students who fail often withdraw socially and academically, assuming they are alone in their experience. In reality, many students share similar feelings of shock, loss, and confusion. They express a desire for peer connection, for someone to say, ‘I’ve been there.’ The absence of visible failure narratives within the student community or institutional...
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Can you harness intrapreneurship?
Money & Business

Can you harness intrapreneurship?

...Management, this webinar is designed to inspire employers, unpacking the unique mindset and skills that distinguish intrapreneurs and how these individuals can be identified and enabled in an organisational environment. Transcript Webinar 2: Fostering an intrapreneurial culture Session two looks at how employers build an intrapreneurial culture with the help of Duncan...
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