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The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community
Money & Business

The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community

...Health Care, Climate and Nature, AI, FinTech, Games and Digital Security sectors, giving them a facilitated environment to collaborate and innovate. Want to join our vibrant community, or explore what Barclays Eagle Labs have to offer? Connect with us though the Open University dedicated webpage and join our network of UK entrepreneurs. Whether you’re a start-up,...
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Article 5 mins
Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...health and safety of any student/instructor/technician handling the material from heat, shock waves, as well as flying glass or debris from the container. The risk of detonation may come from the potential mechanical friction between the lid and container and any encrusted DNPH powder residing between the threads on opening the evaporated container. Like food and fashion,...
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Not intervening as a form of care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Not intervening as a form of care

...health care? Perhaps on television, or if you’ve been caring for someone undergoing treatment. Even if it is said with genuine sympathy, the problem is that it can suggest resignation or failure. However, we have identified this as a moment not when everything suddenly stops, but when a different form of care can be offered. Over the last few years, we have been doing a...
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Video 5 mins
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...Public company shares and securities are bought and sold on a stock exchange. To maintain public confidence in the stock market, it is important that all users have the same information about shares and securities. A person should not use any inside information that they have to gain an unfair advantage when they are involved in share and securities trading. Insider...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...Health, National Institute of Mental Health. NIH Publication No. 15-3561, Bethesda. Nemeroff, C.B., Weinberger, D., Rutter, M., MacMillan, H.L., Bryant, R.A., Wessely, S., Stein, D.J., Pariante, C.M., Seemüller, F., Berk, M, Malhi, G.S., Preisig, M., Brüne, M. and Lysaker, P. (2013) ‘DSM-5: a collection of psychiatrist views on the changes, controversies, and future...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...Health Organisation recommends that the caesarean rate should be no more than 10 – 15 per cent, the average caesarean rate across the UK is 22 per cent. Indeed, many hospitals in the UK now have caesarean rates that exceed 25 per cent (BirthChoice UK, 2005). Justification for the medicalisation of birth Several explanations have been put forward to justify the...
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Article 10 mins
Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...health difficulties. Some autistic people may internalise in specific contexts (e.g., school, work, social situations) but externalise in the safer and more familiar environment of the home. The role of masking or camouflaging Some autistic people develop strategies and behaviours to fit in socially or to appear ‘less autistic’, and this is known as ‘masking’ or...
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Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...health issues. The testing of nuclear weapons has also affected millions of individuals around the world. Nuclear fallout and dangerously high radiation levels emanating from nuclear tests affect individuals at the time of the tests and contaminate the areas for years afterwards. Activity 2 Watch this video of Ibba Bobaker, who represents those affected by French nuclear...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs