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5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...Health and Wellbeing courses As the Dementia UK report indicates, severity of dementia is also linked to increasing age. There are therefore serious implications for quality of life (QL) and care of those living with dementia in long term facilities. Dementia is characterized by a range of cognitive impairments such as difficulty in speaking, communicating and...
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...health services, people with learning disabilities, and people with physical disabilities, and also old people. So really, we cover a wide spectrum. Predominantly, nine times out of 10, we work on our own. We work through the night, which means that we have to prioritise work. We have to do assessments and investigations. And so there's a lot of responsibility and...
The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...Health Science called SDK100 Science and health: an evidence based approach. This module contains a topic on infectious disease and the immune system that is the first topic of study and is the first module in our degree in Health Sciences (Q71). We also run a more detailed third level module on the immune system and infectious diseases called SK320 Infectious diseases...
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...public to understand and use. Whatever the reason for the change in the law, policy research provides the information or evidence to support the proposal, which makes it more persuasive and authoritative. This course will explain how to carry out effective policy research, including designing your methodology, researching ethically, collating your data, analysing it and...
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...public services of health, social services and education have insights into the diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching assistants across the UK be able to identify some of the skills that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and that contribute to productive teamwork be reflecting on the value of the work of teaching assistants and on the...
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...public imaging, it is beyond the public imagination. They are not fully participating members of our society, they are not part of any powerful groups, they are not visible simply. Whilst many indigenous peoples like from Australia where I come from, indigenous Australians, Aboriginal Australians didn’t get the vote until 1967. In many ways people aren’t even aware...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...public, college students, psychologists and psychiatrists. He asked them to speculate on how far they thought most people would go if asked to administer shocks. Most ordinary people said that participants would generally refuse to administer shock, or at least not go very far beyond the point where the ‘learner’ experienced pain. Also, most said that participants...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...public for others to build upon. The course will help you plan, conduct, and evaluate a SoTL inquiry. In this video Diane Butler, Associate Dean (Academic Excellence), Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, welcomes you to the course...This free course, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM, provides a toolkit for...