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Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?

...family members can help them get through these difficult times. Self-help resources and interventions like mindfulness can also be useful in assisting people in overcoming life’s challenges. If your low mood or other mental health problems persists, affecting your sleep, relationships, job and/or appetite this can indicate that you may require some additional help, and...
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Article 10 mins
How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...families navigate these unprecedented and challenging times. What is COVID-19? [Diagram of coronavirus structure] A cluster of pneumonia cases were observed in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. It became rapidly clear that these pneumonia cases were caused by a newly emergent virus. This virus belongs to β – coronaviruses family, a large class of viruses, which mainly...
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Article 10 mins
Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
Society, Politics & Law

Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'

...Families were split, accommodation offered was unsanitary, with infestations and intimidation. In 2017, children with families and connections in the UK, who had been surviving alone in the “jungle” of Calais, were lambasted in the press and their right to protection questioned. Citizens of other European countries, who arrived in the UK under conditions of free...
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Article 5 mins
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...family member. Why not meet up with a friend, family member or colleague for a walk outdoors and try out your own walking and talking? You don’t have to live in the middle of nowhere to access the benefits of green spaces; towns and cities have plenty of parks and gardens where you could do your own walking therapy. Parks can offer a huge variety of landscapes and...
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Article 15 mins
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...family curses to live burials and unexplained maladies, both physical and psychological. A recognizable cast of character emerge within the Gothic tradition. Supernatural beings such as vampires, ghosts and demons often appear alongside men and women who typify extremes of good and evil: monks and nuns, violent tyrants and naïve damsels in distress, Byronic heroes and...
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Article 45 mins
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...family and you’re not one of them any more, you’re on your own, nobody asked me to do the foundation degree, I wanted to do it myself. I did the NVQ 3 a few years back and decided that I wanted to educate myself more. My role at the nursery, there’s five different nurseries, and at first the owner came up to me and said she knew me from my foundation degree and knew...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...histories and geographies of contested nationalisms have led to a fascinating story of what it means to be a country and why it matters. From familiar names that are routinely considered to be countries, such as Taiwan and Somaliland, to North Sea nations such as Sealand with its population of 27, Nick Middleton’s book highlights how the conventional map of the world...
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The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...family past. You know there's some "fellow traveller" thing going on there. And then also there's this organic sort of impetus on his part. Titchmarsh comes in and then after Titchmarsh we get Monty [Don] right? And what does Monty do? Monty has this extraordinary focus on the social possibilities of gardens, even doing a series where he tries to get damaged young people...
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Article 15 mins