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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...education play an important role in facilitating our personal diversity and inclusion journeys and the impact we can choose to have in our workplaces. As has hopefully come across clearly throughout the course, we all have biases and privileges, and we shouldn’t be afraid of admitting that. The key is to acknowledge them, try to understand them and make an effort to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...education or get a foot on the housing ladder. Whatever you can see coming down the line, we’ll help you get ready for it by building up your savings and investments. From midlife, you should be focusing on these things as well as adding to your pension pot to support you when you retire. And in addition to what you can see coming down the line, there are also...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...educate, explain and lobby for legal change. As political turmoil, wars and natural disasters seemingly continue to unfold, so does the need for people to seek refuge. At the time of preparing these OpenLearn course materials the War in Ukraine started to unfold and an estimated 2.6 million people had fled the country. As a result, the UK Government instigated the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...education and learning and pressures amongst peer groups to look and behave in particular ways. They also reflect on adolescence as a period that brings new and exciting opportunities to socialise and be more independent. Some of the most enlightening research of recent years has come from neuroscience and neuropsychology. You’ll explore many of these themes next,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...education and health. These services are provided through income from taxation and, in the UK, national insurance. The private sector includes organisations and individuals that provide goods and services and their primary aim is to make a profit; for example, shops, manufacturers, financial services, etc. Profits are distributed to owners and shareholders as well as...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...educational purposes or publicity purposes for certain organisations that I deem worthy. That’s a very subjective thing, but at least, because I own the copyright I can decide who uses it and at what rate. I think you have to be very careful about how you let it out there, at what resolution you send it, because once it goes out into the web to someone else, you can...
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Video 35 mins
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...educate patients and doctors about its benefits and reduced what she calls “morphine-phobia”. Opioid medications still require a special form, as in most countries worldwide. But a much wider range of professionals can now prescribe them, including oncologists and family and palliative care doctors. This has led to a 14-fold increase in their use in the country from...
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Article 15 mins
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...educational standpoint. It allows us to give due weight to the impact of significant texts at key historical moments, especially their role in shaping popular ideas and opinions. For instance, knowing who read, how many read, and how they responded to Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species helps us to understand the formation of Victorian ideas about evolution and race....
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs