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How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...change can you see between Anderson's emphasis on the need to distinguish between the deserving and the undeserving poor? What does this tell us about the process of social construction and the importance of history for understanding the present? Consider how the programme highlights the need and access to welfare are socially constructed and contested. Consider how the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...changing the way we educate, the way we work and the way in which we care for the dying and ultimately say goodbye to our loved ones. COVID-19 is not only a public health crisis, but a psychological one, provoking death anxiety, stress and sadness. At present, we are collectively grieving the multiple losses many of us have experienced, these include lost jobs, lost...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...changes to their genetic material, DNA. These changes occur by a process called mutation and without it; the diversity of life we see on Earth would not exist. Mutation in DNA creates the variability on which evolution works. For dogs, interesting and useful features are identified and, because they are determined genetically, they can be bred by selective breeding (i.e....
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Article 5 mins
Design for urban living: how we live and how we might live
Science, Maths & Technology

Design for urban living: how we live and how we might live

...that has proven to be flexible to changes in city life over time. Solidspace’s typology is a split-level design that uses the volume within a dwelling to create a greater sense of space, light and character. Solidspace do pose a design challenge to policy makers and the house-building infrastructure, asking ‘Don’t we all deserve to live in well-designed housing’?...
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Article 5 mins
Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters
Nature & Environment

Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters

...warns that populations of some fish, lobsters and molluscs have declined dramatically in recent years, leaving local fishermen and traders with less stock to sell. “It's a constant battle” she says. “Unless NGOs, society and government work together, we will not see a major change”. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
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Article 5 mins
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...changes lives. If you would like further information about us and what we do, please visit www.bacp.co.uk. The Open University and the BACP have teamed up and have a course on OpenLearn create, as a response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of the course is to offer a primer on working online as a counsellor or psychotherapist at a time when face-to-face...
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Article 5 mins
Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...changes to everyday life on a global scale. At The Open University, we reached out to students, staff and alumni to hear about their experiences. ...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Social Care qualification. These have been collated into a book – Narratives of COVID: loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19 with over 30 authors from the OU...
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Video 5 mins
The delivery service to fix your brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The delivery service to fix your brain

...change is to suit the goal of keeping the customer happy. In our system we have our cargo which in the future could be interchangeable, but we have started with a special molecule which we believe could be effective in treating a number of problems in the brain. Nicknamed the “miracle grow for the brain”, we are aiming to transport therapeutic cargoes which have been...
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Article 10 mins