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Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury

...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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...management committee was organised. Dr Clarke further went on to raise funds from BBC Children in Need and the Local Health Authority for the first three years of the project. This was to pay the wages of a co-ordinator, an administrator and two sessional nursery nurses. At the outset, the project (as it was called) was located in the health centre in the hope that it...
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Article 15 mins
What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...manage to get a good work/life balance, most find it much harder to achieve. Dr Susan Himmelweit, an economist from The Open University, discusses this issue: "One group who often can get a good work/life balance is people who work for large organisations whose jobs are not particularly skilled and where the organisation is well-meaning. Some of the big retailers for...
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Article 10 mins
Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...managers to stick by what the OU declared to be its HR policies and guidelines. And he knew the rule book backwards. Highly principled and uncompromising, he could be a thorn in the flesh of management. However, if you needed a champion and your cause was just, you could have no better friend. John was born in Cupar, Fife, Scotland in 1946 and educated at Bell Baxter High...
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Article 5 mins
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...Introduction - This course focuses on Sam Selvon (1923–1994) and his novel The Lonely Londoners, published in 1956. This text is looked at in relation to the themes of migration and memory. The edition of The Lonely Londoners that is referred to in this course is the Penguin Modern Classics (2006) edition, with an introduction by Susheila Nasta. You should read the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...project in the northern state of Haryana to advise on managing the problem nationwide. Meanwhile, the government leaves it to the local city authorities to carry out programmes for vaccinating stray dogs on the street. Most deal with the problem by hiring NGOs like CUPA. That leaves rural areas, where rabies strikes hardest, all but ignored. “Rabies will always be in...
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Article 10 mins
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...Introduction - In early 2020, the higher education (HE) sector had to react to unprecedented change and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The so-called ‘pivot to online’ (Salmon, 2020) forced emergency ways of working on university campus-based staff in an attempt to continue educating students while physical attendance at lectures, seminars, etc....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...managed explain some of the legal responsibilities within the caring role...Introduction and guidance: Before you begin - Spend a few moments thinking about your current learning needs and opportunities by doing Activity 1 below. Activity 1 Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Below is a short questionnaire to get you thinking about: What are your current priorities for...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs