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Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?

...becoming seriously ill with SARS-CoV-2 could be higher. How does chemotherapy impact a cancer patient's response to COVID-19? Many chemotherapeutic agents work by slowing the growth of rapidly dividing cancer cells. Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer (both cure or prevent recurrence) and ease cancer symptoms (used to shrink tumours that might be causing pain). However,...
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Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...become the book Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK began on WhatsApp. As my academic colleague Claire and I shared yet another voice note conversation that had me nodding in recognition and the typed response of ‘same’ pinging through each of our phones, we began to realise something profound. This was knowledge. In our book, I...
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Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...OU students. It is also the way the Open University's residential course, called TXR248 Experiencing Systems, starts. There are many ways to refine, develop and add to your skills, and you will have the opportunity to do this as the unit progresses...Managing complexity: a systems approach – introduction: 5.4 Methodology, method, technique, and tools - As you engage...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...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 should rebel, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...becoming very effective as studies show. Most well-known are the Seek app from California Academy of Sciences as well as PlantNet from CNRS, France. You can even do citizen science from home, identifying species from camera footage online among others! 3. Watching and engaging: There is also more on TV. for instance, you can follow the annual BBC seasonal Watches...
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Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...becoming a teaching assistant, or becoming a teacher in the future? In this free course, Primary education: listening and observing, you will have the chance to look inside primary schools, and watch and listen to children and teaching staff. You’ll also find out what head teachers look for in people who want to work or volunteer in a primary school...Would you like to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...becoming ‘invasive’. Astrobiology expands the discussion about species’ thresholds, their capacity, resilience and ability to survive in extreme environments beyond Earth. For example, tardigrades (water bears) are microscopic living creatures that are known to survive poor conditions on Earth by drying themselves out and slowing down the processes that support...
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Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ

...becomes quite a statement – not only do you have desires, but they’re different from those of the people around you. In practice, there’s no contradiction between being disabled and being LGBTQ, and there’s lots of us out there. Here are five things for you to know: 1: Disabled people don’t just have sex, we have sexualities [disability pride yellow banner]...
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