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FGM prevalence and healthcare planning
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM prevalence and healthcare planning

...systems can lead to under-reporting if women and girls perceive consequences for themselves, their families and communities. Methods for collecting FGM data vary across countries and organisations, creating methodological limitations. Data about FGM in migrant populations is generally not collected in a census. Therefore, FGM prevalence rates are extrapolated from the...
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Are you estranged from your family and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you estranged from your family and considering university?

...think. If you are already independent due to estrangement from your parents, or think that is likely to happen before or while you are at university, there is support for you. The charity Stand Alone has a range of resources to help you in their student support portal. Stand Alone Student Finance Wales have put together important information for estranged students and...
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Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...think, what communities fear, what the odds are for communities to find a new vision to replace an old vision, and so that they are wonderful tool for that. Audio [Protestant Prince William of Orange – King Billy – crossing the River Boyne]For cultural historian and museum exhibition designer Judy Vannais (2001), there are two separate traditions of mural painting in...
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DemFest 2016
Society, Politics & Law

DemFest 2016

...think, get-together and talk with others with similar interests or projects. You won't just hear a party line, DemFest is non-partisan and independent.” It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through a special event. DemFest 2016 is local, national and global in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics...
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Why worldviews?
History & The Arts

Why worldviews?

...thinking about and being in the world. One of the themes at the heart of The Open University’s Religion, Belief and Worldviews Hub is the growing currency of the term ‘Worldviews’. Worldviews includes a whole spectrum of religious and non-religious ideologies and convictions, and can include concepts like spirituality and Philosophy. In this video we consider what...
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Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...Think about how you might start a conversation with adult learners about their mental health. From the grid below, note the elements which you feel are important. Are there any which particularly resonate with you? Why do you think that is? Providing an interruption-free environment Employing gentle persistence Ensuring safe, non-triggering conversations Using positive...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Children’s wellbeing and creativity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children’s wellbeing and creativity

...thinking about what the term ‘wellbeing’ means to you. Don’t overthink this – just go with your initial thoughts and write down five words which define wellbeing. Feedback There are a number of words you may have chosen to describe wellbeing, including happiness, contentment, healthy, resilient, safe, strong, robust, secure and balanced. Now spend a few minutes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...system. Putting these pieces of the jigsaw together, current thinking is that stress, via the effects of glucocorticoid hormones, leads to a decline in hippocampal function (through some combination of decline in hippocampal neurogenesis and increase in hippocampal atrophy), and that hippocampal dysfunction is linked to some of the symptoms of depression. Given what you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs