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World-Changing Women: Mary Prince
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Mary Prince

...publication, in 1831, of the autobiography of Mary Prince, a female slave from the British West Indies, had a profound impact on these campaigns. Mary Prince was born into a slave family in Bermuda, around 1788. Her mother was a household slave and when the family who owned them lost money, her mother had no choice but sell Mary at the market-place. For the next 15 years...
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What this hub is about
Education & Development

What this hub is about

...public. These resources will help people to understand both historic and contemporary ideas of race and racism and how these ideas could inform our decisions and interactions. A short disclaimer We accept that knowledge on race, gender and sex is not value-free, i.e. free from personal and societal assumptions and beliefs about the social world. By its very nature, the...
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What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...public relations, mailroom, cafeteria and so on. These are the Support staff. What is the Operating Core? Finally, at the bottom of the organisation, is the Operating Core. These are the people who do the basic work of producing the products or delivering the services. Mintzberg’s generic organisational model also illustrates an important principle of organisation...
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Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...public services such as health or social care community and neighbourhood disputes restorative justice...Week 6: Exploring the language of mediation: 2 Mediation, conflict resolution and language study - Because of the important role of talk in mediation as a ‘process of engagement’, the language used by mediators themselves, and by their clients in mediation...
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What were Victorian pauper's graves like?
History & The Arts

What were Victorian pauper's graves like?

...health. Mr Townley, a respectable tradesman residing close to the church, complained of the practice adopted in the churchyard, which he said was most distressing to the sight and injurious to the health of the inhabitants of that crowded neighbourhood, and he hoped something would be done about it. Mr Tyars, the deputy of the ward, and who is also churchwarden, said that...
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The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...health problems and increase the chances of having an accident. For example, the Department for Transport reports that nearly four hundred deaths per year are caused by tired drivers. In fact driving while tired has been shown to be as much of a danger as driving when drunk. My driving certainly got worse following three sleepless days. Even if you avoid the car, sleep...
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Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...Health and Social Care qualification. These have been collated into a book – Narratives of COVID: loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19 with over 30 authors from the OU contributing. The book includes essays, poems, and reflections to document a powerful reflection of the impact of COVID on individuals and wider society. This film shares three of the narratives...
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Stay connected: supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay connected: supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology

...health and feel better in myself as well. Building belief in the potential for successful technology use Transcript. I have learnt to use my emails and Zoom and also learnt how to use my touch screen and how to go to different things on the telephone and choose what I need. Teaching people with learning disabilities how to use their learning technologies Transcript. We...
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