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Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...community and wider society that can help children to develop ensuring good overall mental health. It is important to highlight that contemporary Western views about children and mental health are not going to be held globally; some cultures as well as religions hold beliefs that mean they do not recognise mental health issues as an illness. Instead, the causes of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...community. Note that once the essential steps in the synthesis of a new drug have been patented, pharmaceutical companies (and indeed companies in the fine-chemical industry generally) encourage their research workers to publish the results of their work just as researchers in academic institutions do; (b) to provide a more detailed explanation of the chemical background...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...las yn gallu arwain i'r corff yn gynhyrchu llai o felatonin, sy’n amharu ar ein rhythmau circadaidd (hynny yw patrymau cysgu-deffro), gan ei gwneud yn fwy anodd i ni fynd i gysgu ac aros ynghwsg. Yn anffodus, mae cwsg gwael yn tueddu i olygu llai o wytnwch a lefelau uwch o bryder a straen. 3: Cydbwysedd rhwng Bywyd a Gwaith [Work life balance in Welsh] Yn y gorffennol...
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Article 10 mins
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...community generally” (The Open University, 1969). Alongside this, OpenLearn also supports the recruitment of new students and, hence, a business interest for the OU (Perryman et al., 2013; Law and Perryman, 2015). Today, OpenLearn’s audience is global, and its video content is also shared on YouTube, collectively reaching over 14 million people a year, rising to 22...
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Article 10 mins
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...communication. When communicating with individuals that belong to a different cultural milieu, you should be aware of cultural differences, but it is also important to acknowledge the fact that there is usually a great number of overlapping similarities. It is natural to register what you find surprising, rather than what you find normal, and this creates unconscious...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?
Society, Politics & Law

Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?

...communities that receive them. It was unfortunate that Cameron chose to cover the subject of “national security” as he announced his plan for the refugees. The British public had been calling for the prime minister to speak about the migrant crisis for days. In the event, the larger part of his statement was about the government’s achievements in counter-terrorism....
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Article 5 mins
Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?

...community or sub-elite level which is the largest section of adults who play rugby. So if tackling was banned in schools, it could mean that many players choosing to play at this adult level may not have experienced fundamental coaching on how to tackle. This is an important point, because research based on South African youth players found that poor tackle technique is...
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Article 5 mins
When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups
Science, Maths & Technology

When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups

...communicating, sharing, empathy, supporting others, picking up the workload for others, managing expectations, negotiating common ground and caring how others feel are key to creating a positive working environment amongst a group. Behaviours such as self-obsession, self-assertion and self-preservation at the expense of others, can all lead to negative group experiences....
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Video 30 mins