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Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...change my career…’ Sara added that she would advise anyone who is thinking about doing a degree to try some of our courses to become more familiar with academic-level material beforehand. ‘I honestly think that investing your time in learning is the best way to spend time, as your knowledge is something no one can take from you,’ she told us… and we have to...
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Article 5 mins
Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women’s sport: insights from a researcher’s journey

...changing, and emotionally significant (Owton, 2022a). These moments can range from unexpected challenges, like a dramatic crash or near-miss, to profound experiences of personal growth or realisation, such as a shift in focus or mindset during a race (Owton, 2021, 2022a, 2022b). Some women reflect on feeling moments of clarity or vulnerability, such as when they realise...
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Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...changing value of an asset is difficult to evaluate; asset prices might be rising but unless the asset is sold it is difficult to determine its actual value. As a result of these difficulties in measuring wealth, the remainder of this course will focus on income inequality rather than wealth inequality...Understanding economic inequality: 3.1 Income for whom? - [Described...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...change. Where, I wonder, is a book about Your Death? [An elderly woman with a cup sitting outdoors on a terrace on a sunny day in autumn.] Practical preparations Preparing for a home death is like preparing for a home birth but in reverse. The caring journey may begin sometime before death. Yet some principles are the same. You need to think about the best room to care...
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Article 5 mins
The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...changed with the times. Lecturers are now offered online, of course, together with text- and video-based class discussions. The OU became an enthusiastic participant in the OpenCourseWare movement, providing free online materials for many classes, as well as free courses offered through iTunesU, which have been downloaded millions of times. Almost all study materials are...
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Article 15 mins
Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...changing ideas about children have led many social scientists to claim that childhood is a ‘social construction’. They use this term to mean that understandings of childhood are not the same everywhere and that while all societies acknowledge that children are different from adults, how they are different and what expectations are placed on them, change according to...
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Article 10 mins
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...changes in the heart function found in CLN3 disease, or juvenile dementia. ...CLN3 disease CLN3 disease (also known as Batten Disease) is frequently referred to as a juvenile dementia. This is due to the devastating series of neurological symptoms caused by this disease, which begins to show symptoms in childhood and progresses through the teenage years into early...
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Article 10 mins
Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene

...change things. Security arrangements at bases will change, and there will be changes to the routine that soldiers have allowed to develop as the peace has been built and as they have relaxed into those changing circumstances. But juggling resources - reviewing operations - is part and parcel of what goes on here, part of the security task and job. "That's what we do all...
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Article 5 mins