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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...and community rather than the celebration of couples we see today. Nevertheless, they ensured all patients had an opportunity to take part in traditional revelries, reinventing practices and developing new ones to provide, as far as possible, a positive experience for patients and staff alike. See more of our Valentine's content in our OpenLearn Valentine's collection....
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Article 5 mins
Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...communities and in business circles. If you want to be very clever and say ‘Happy Year of the Snake’, you need to say 蛇年快乐 (shé nián kuài lè). Check out the audio flip cards below to hear the correct pronunciations. @@PLUGINFILE@@/dialog-cards-year-of-the-snake-1519918%20%281%29.h5p Visit our innovative 30-credit module Beginners’ Chinese and study from s...
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Article 5 mins
Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing

...Community Health 59, 8, 619-627. Leach, J. (2015) Improving Mental Health through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Mind (2004) Not Alone? Isolation and Mental Distress. London: Mind. Teo, A., Choi, H., and Valenstein, M. (2013) ‘Social Relationships and Depression: Ten-Year Follow-Up from a Nationally...
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Article 10 mins
What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...communities, individuals from the global majority, and men who currently make up a small percentage (12%) of the nursing workforce. The NHS Workforce Plan (NHS England, 2023) has proposed ambitious NHS workforce development. However, the success of this depends not only on adequate funding and infrastructure but also on members of the public being attracted to the nursing...
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Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...communication systems allow the flow of information likely to relate to incidents. Activity 7 Notice that we have used the word ‘incidents’ rather than ‘accidents’ in the preceding text and activities. Consider why we have done so. At the contact stage the incident occurs that may or may not result in loss. This will depend on the level of energy transfer...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...communicator by text. I have always preferred communicating orally and face to face. This course has shown me it is possible to communicate via text, and that writing can be enjoyable. Box 4 Janet – not so happy The medium is not as asynchronous as it seems. If a bit of time is missed it is hard to catch up. You feel an observer of someone else's conversation. Before...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...communicating with them in a professional way. In this practical guide, we have compiled advice from six different science editors with extensive experience in commissioning pieces for a number of different outlets including Science, BBC Focus Magazine, New Scientist, the Mail and Guardian and SciDev.Net. Following the advice in this guide will increase the chances of...
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Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...communities happens when people speak out and work together. That idea about change existed long before the Open University. But how was it transmitted? This banner, recently found in the village hall in Fringford, Oxfordshire, can be used to help us find out. This banner was made in the late nineteenth-century for a branch of a friendly society, a voluntary, mutual aid...
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