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Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...work within the novel...This free course, Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd, is designed to tell you something about Hardy's background, and to introduce you to the pleasures of reading a nineteenth-century novel. Why do we believe in fictional characters and care about what happens to them? You will discover some of the techniques that Hardy uses to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Social Care. You might be particularly interested in the Open University course K240 Mental health and community...Challenging ideas in mental health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the complexity and dilemmas of diverse perspectives in the field of mental health and distress understand the importance of service...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are bed blockers - and are they signs of a failing NHS?

...social services and this could not be arranged. Many countries with an ageing population have similar issues with their older people being unable to be discharged from hospital, even though they do not need medical care. However, as the proportion of the population classed as older people continues to rise, along with the increase in their non-medical care needs, so will...
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Article 5 mins
There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...social time, which is set by clocks and customs about when things should be done. When biological time and social time clash, it can lead to sleep deprivation. The social starting times for school and university – typically between 7.30 am and 8.30 am – are too early for teenagers the world over. The biological changes that teenagers go through mean they need to go to...
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Article 5 mins
Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...social media. Learn more about healthy diets Can I take a dementia care course? Here at OpenLearn we offer a fantastic range of free courses on health and social care. You may also want to take your interest in dementia and health care further by taking an Open University course. Support and information Call the Alzheimer's Society National Dementia Helpline on 0300 222...
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Article 20 mins
Exploring the digital world: a collection
Digital & Computing

Exploring the digital world: a collection

...social media to the impact of screen time - academics from the OU and beyond explore the new worlds created by technology...[A digital creation of Dr Beep] The thing at the top? Photographer JD Hancock explains: Austin, Texas electronic super-scientist Dr. Bleep (aka John-Mike Reed) was kind enough to let me borrow one of his amazing audio/visual creations, a...
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Article 5 mins
How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...work or lives are notable matters. It’s fascinating and inspiring. And Wikipedia is a great place to make it easy. We’ve got a lot to do. There is more hole than picture, really, in both the history and the present of science when it comes to women and scientists of color for starters. That’s not going to change naturally. It needs activist energy. Gender bias on...
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Activity 5 mins
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...Social Sciences, and I want to share my excitement with you over this 1920s Transport and General Workers Union banner. It’s a dockside branch banner and the Dockers have quite a history of protest from a mass strike of unskilled and skilled workers in the late 1880s (the struggle against casualization and for a daily living wage, the Dockers’s tanner). The leaders of...
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Video 5 mins