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Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...write down your answers to individual questions. Magic mushroom compound for the treatment of depression? Wighton, K. (2016) Magic mushroom compound tested for treatment-resistant depression, Imperial College London, Press Release. [Press Release] Cowen, P. (2016) ‘Altered states: psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression’, Lancet Psychiatry, vol. 3, no. 7, pp....
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...writing in a notebook or on your computer or tablet. There will also be free response box options inside the activities. Please note anything you add into these boxes will be saved for you to return to, provided you are signed into OpenLearn and enrolled on the course. The information saved is only accessible to you and cannot be viewed by anyone else. At the end of...
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...Write down up to five words or phrases, or draw images, that you associate with ‘law’. Try to focus on what law means to you personally. (You may want to return to what you have written later on in the course and reflect on whether your thoughts have changed.) Once you have compiled a list, see if you can separate your observations into positive and negative...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...writing, cross-legged, the papyrus on their knees, the pen-box clutched in their arm. It's almost the everyday texture of life that comes out of these paintings so effectively. © The Open University and its licensor...Week 4 Nebamun the man and his tomb: 3.1 A hierarchical society - Egyptian society, like its most famous monuments (and like virtually all pre-modern...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...writing letters to each other, often without having met) both existed long before the advent of the internet. Both were made possible by innovations that were ground breaking in their day. Compare also the impact of the introduction of running water, electric lighting and indoor plumbing with some more recent ‘innovations’. As Chakrabortty (2012) comments, ‘You...
Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...writing (2003), giving rise to the term ‘drive-by hacking’, although many instances have occurred quite simply because basic security features have not been activated. As a result, all the attacks on the LAN that I have described so far can be performed by someone who does not even have physical access to the site, but could be on the street nearby, for example in a...
Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...writing MMR: 1+1+1 3 on a window – echoing memorable scenes from the film Beautiful Mind in which Russell Crowe, playing mathematician John Nash, covers his windows with mathematical equations. Activity 4 What do you think? Was Channel Five irresponsible to dramatise the MMR–autism controversy, lending credibility to a scientifically discredited viewpoint? Or is it...
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Languages

Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...write a summary, use the subjunctive, report numbers and express wishes in French...Using the topic of science and technology in France, this free course, Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris, will show you how to structure arguments, write a summary, use the subjunctive, report numbers and express wishes in French....Advanced French: At the science museum in...