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Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19
Society, Politics & Law

Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19

...health, homelife, paid and unpaid work during the pandemic. Together, we celebrate women’s resilience and demand better for women. From December 2020 to March 2021, one thousand women members participated in an online questionnaire, the answers to which informed this video, showcasing the work and homelife experiences of women in education professions. Teachers and...
World Bipolar Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Bipolar Day

...Health and Wellbeing qualifications. Around 2% of people - or 1 in 50 people - have bipolar, which was formerly known as manic depression. It is a severe mental illness characterised by extreme mood swings and changes in energy levels. Someone with bipolar can have long or short periods of stability, but can then move into a deep depression or into a high, when they might...
What is a transformation process? The one minute guide
Money & Business

What is a transformation process? The one minute guide

...health services or massage chairs. This is another type of service. This article is adapted from material for The Open University course in Business Management. See a full list of OU Business School courses Image credits: butterly emerging from a cocoon by Emmanuelle Bourgue CC-BY-NC-ND Tillamook cheese factory by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner CC-BY-SA Hahnemann Hospital and...
Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...of fuel poverty and the various government schemes developed to combat the issues raised Bedfordshire MENCAP A detailed history of the Bedfordshire branch of MENCAP Degree in Learning Disabilities The shifting boundaries between health and social care inspired the University of Hertfordshire to create a joint degree in learning disabilities for nurses and social workers...
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The Open University Worldwide
OpenLearn Ireland

The Open University Worldwide

...health diagnosis and volcano prediction. Educational Technology at the Open University How can technology help students overcome barriers to their learning, such as lack of time? The Open University offers resources such as an online virtual learning environment, videoconferencing, discussion forums, an online library and the Virtual Microscope. Teaching Quality at the...
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...public condemnation, heavy policing and tough sentencing). Finally, Cohen suggests that the creation of folk devils and the development of moral panics – although certainly irrational and disproportionate – served some social interests. The Mods and Rockers gave a platform for ‘moral entrepreneurs’ to tell stories about the state of the nation and its young...
Life after the Olympics: retirement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after the Olympics: retirement

...health challenges he has experienced in his life and in sharing these he has helped to overcome the stigma of athletes experiencing mental health conditions such as depression. Having learnt important lessons from his first retirement Phelps felt that he had ‘unfinished business’. His response to his imminent second retirement has been very positive: “‘I feel...
Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...health from the lack of knowledge and understanding of when and how they will leave the centre, either released in the community or removed from the UK. And although the government changed the name of “immigration detention centres” to “removal centres” in 2002 – suggesting detainees have imminent departures – the 222 befriended women in 2016-17 were detained...