2,522 search results

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...resources exploring why the Good Friday Agreement is relevant to our lives 25 years since its signing. New energy: why the Good Friday Agreement helped the LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement There has never been a better time to be LGBTQIA+ in Northern Ireland. The rights and protections afforded to LGBTQIA+ people in 2023 go beyond what I believe we could have envisioned in...
Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...human thing. This doesn’t make the thought right or acceptable, but don’t try to resist or ignore it (this aften doesn’t work!). Instead, try to figure out what the reason behind your thought is: is this self-limiting belief based on assumptions you have made that may not be true? Find reasons why they aren’t true, and you will be chipping away at the beliefs that...
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...human activity, and time shape these factors and, in turn, determine soil fertility, biodiversity, nutrient recycling, physical structure, carbon retention, and other ecological functions that make for soil health. Building resilience in healthy soils means managing this complexity: from the chemical make-up of the soil that allows nutrients to circulate, and the presence...
What counts as professional learning?
Education & Development

What counts as professional learning?

...resource? How can we best use social media and emerging technologies for professional learning? Do we know ‘what counts’ as professional learning? Do we acknowledge the informal, the accidental, the in-practice critical moments that shape how we think and act? How do practitioners know about professional learning opportunities, and how can we facilitate them to lead...
Mental health: Survivor suggestions
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health: Survivor suggestions

...people with, but if something bothers you it is important I think mental health is all about life balance; which sounds easy but it's not always so easy to achieve This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...human progress, but it’s always been criticised as being self-serving, being profit oriented and careless as to the world. I do think business needs to reset itself - but and most importantly what it needs to do is to put these issues not as fringe issues where we talk about it as an add-on, the climate as an add-on, but in everything that business does and to explain...
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...resources Feel free to download and use these poster images from the project as educational resources, but please include our OU reference. Always ASK about food allergies [An illustration on allergy awareness in food service with tips and checklists.]Show descriptionThis illustration guides how to handle customers with allergies in a restaurant setting. The image is...
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...human situation...Ever wondered what it would be like to study philosophy? This free course, Introducing philosophy, will introduce you to the teaching methods employed and the types of activities and assignments you would be asked to undertake should you wish to study philosophy and the human situation....Introducing philosophy: Introduction - This course gives you an...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs