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Professor Sara Haslam on the Brontë sisters’ work
History & The Arts

Professor Sara Haslam on the Brontë sisters’ work

...skill. It took Charlotte to see they could, just possibly, make money from writing, and as readers we have to be grateful for that, but they were each touched with the bright fire of genius (though that’s a questionable word, I know), and that’s why the early image in Sally Wainwright’s drama of the four children with the tops of their heads aflame caught my...
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Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...skills include engagement and trust, given the stigma that families feel, the fear they have of being open (‘people lie because the truth has huge consequences’) and their fear of confronting change. Making such assessments requires both knowledge and particular skills. This includes knowledge of the impact of parental substance misuse on the family on parenting...
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Video 10 mins
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...skills. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD126 Economics in context...Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define a supply chain and understand how different stages of the t-shirt production chain can be organised differently engage with different...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What's the difference between a refugee, an asylum seeker and an economic migrant?
Society, Politics & Law

What's the difference between a refugee, an asylum seeker and an economic migrant?

...skilled professionals and investors into their respective national economy. These people are considered desirable migrants and are identified as expatriates. When the term economic migrants is used, it generally refers to the unskilled and semi-skilled individuals from impoverished countries in the global south. Economic migrants are not eligible for asylum under the 1951...
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Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...studying this unit, you should be able to: think about the impact of biography on personal lives. consider the role of relationship in social work practice. consider the importance of context in social work practice...Perspectives on social work: Individual stories: Video interviews - Allow 45 minutes As you watch the videos, jot down the different life experiences of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?

...study in 2019 found female footballers had more than double the incidence rate of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury compared to male football players. Nigel Wright looks at the reasons behind this...This content is associated with The Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. The Football Association (2019) reports that the success of the...
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...studied or when researchers themselves are insiders to the issues under study. Researchers could consider how marginalised, minoritised or under researched groups can be involved in all stages of data analysis and interpretation. Jane Seale (2016) invited researchers to consider research with silenced groups, such as students with disabilities, as a political act....
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Article 15 mins
Frequently asked questions about COVID-19 relating to cancer
Science, Maths & Technology

Frequently asked questions about COVID-19 relating to cancer

...studies evaluating the proportion of patients with severe complications of COVID-19 that are either current smokers or former smokers. A recent retrospective analysis using data from different studies, found that patients with COVID-19 who were current smokers had ~2 fold increased risk of developing severe symptoms, but more research is needed to confirm this...
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Article 10 mins