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Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?

...manager who understood, being a working mother herself, she agreed I could change my hours to get some ‘me’ time in. I had worked out a routine whereby I could attend a gym when it was quiet and still carry on my other duties, but as the saying goes 'the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry' COVID-19 hit and I was left wondering, is there any way I will ever...
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...manage this effectively?’ ‘Why would my patients want or need digital health solutions?’] Figure 1 In the next activity, you will be asked to read results from an intervention study about telemonitoring in Scotland to get a detailed idea about the experiences of healthcare staff during a digital intervention. Activity 3 Delving into problems with digital...
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...managing environmental insecurity for countries such as China and the states of the Persian Gulf; countries that are vulnerable to the effects of hotter – and in some cases, drier – weather than temperate countries. [Described image] Figure 1 Fertile and agriculturally productive land is in demand from agricultural businesses. These images show (a) a combine harvester...
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...manage financially on a pension, with rising fuel and other costs. Hope has asked for an assessment to help support Jake to attend a local youth group and private swimming lessons. Scenario 2 Amina and Ali are care experienced, first-time parents. They are looking forward to welcoming their first baby, but at their 20-week scan, they found out that the baby has a serious...
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
What was Lewis Carroll like?
History & The Arts

What was Lewis Carroll like?

...manage it more than 20 times a minute. 'Millions' must mean 2 millions at least. 20)2,000,000 hugs and kisses 60)100,000 minutes 12)1,666 hours 6)138 days (at twelve hours a day) 23 weeks. I couldn't go on hugging and kissing more than 12 hours a day: and I wouldn't like to spend Sundays that way. So you see it would take 23 weeks of hard work. Really, my dear child, I...
Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...managing to achieve it in their industrial sectors. FB: First of all, I think, while we all acknowledge the momentum in the renewable energy, we may be missing what’s happening on the energy efficiency sector as the… It is not so easy to observe and track. Many countries are pushing an energy efficiency button on the household appliances, on cars, on trucks and on...
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...manage to find wonderful new solutions. In this part of the course you will be exposed to some of this magic, and you will be encouraged to tease out some of the systematic knowledge about designing, using an extensive set of illustrations and case studies. There will be self-assessment questions to help you develop and test what you are learning. Sometimes they will be...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs