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An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...managing in their needs and rehabilitation. As with all clinical information, you should seek out and follow local policy...The overarching aim of wound care is to provide the optimum conditions in which wound healing can take place – or in the case of chronic, non-healing wounds, to facilitate the most advantageous quality of life for the service user (Mallik et al.,...
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Article 1 hr
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...managing employees for the first time, you'll find a course designed to support you. [Logo for British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy] Why study an OpenLearn course? Easy to register online All courses are free Start and complete your training in your own time Printable statement of participation on completion Track your progress and completed courses We've...
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Article 5 mins
Sperm counts
Nature & Environment

Sperm counts

...manage sex up to three or four times a day. A lion can manage it seventy five times a day during the mating season. When a man ejaculates he generally produces between 2 and 5 millilitres of sperm (about the same volume as a large teaspoon would hold). A pig routinely manages one litre which is 200 times as much. Our sperm cells are microscopic - we cannot see them with...
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Article 15 mins
The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...project where pupils interviewed older Caribbean people about their lives before and after coming to Manchester. The Roots organisers were inspired by this and decided to develop the research further. This became the Roots Oral History Project resulting in recorded interviews with men and women of the Windrush generation. With the support of the African Caribbean Language...
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Video 15 mins
Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...projects. This article explores three reasons we should all care about embodied carbon. First though, what is it? Let's take an example: I would like to replace my draughty single glazed wooden windows with some new, double glazed, plastic ones. The company selling the new windows has told me I could save energy and carbon because once I have the new windows I won’t...
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Article 10 mins
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...Introduction - This free course, Supply chain sustainability, will define what is meant by a sustainable supply chain. This is important, because most of us will immediately (and often only) think of issues related to the environmental impact of the production and distribution of goods and services. Whilst the environmental perspective is certainly very important, it is...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...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 survey....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...Introduction - This free course examines crimes of the powerful, examining the complexities and barriers associated with setting new criminological research agendas by considering the difficulties associated with conducting research on crimes of the powerful. It asks you to think critically about how knowledge is constructed and contested, how we define what is...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs