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Tricky Topics in Nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tricky Topics in Nursing

...become familiar with them. 2. Read: Relevant guidelines, policies and procedures for the health and social care environment where you work or study. 3. Observe: Observe a registered healthcare professional performing the procedure on a real patient. Compare your findings with theirs if appropriate. 4. Read: Proctor, J. and Rickards, E. (2020) How to perform chest...
World-Changing Women: Charlotte Maxeke
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Charlotte Maxeke

...involved in multiracial movements and was elected president of the Women’s Missionary Society. In 1928, after attending a conference in the USA she set up an employment agency for Africans in Johannesburg and was the first black woman to become a parole officer for juvenile delinquents. She died in Johannesburg in 1939. Learn more about African history and human rights...
World-Changing Women: Queen Nzinga
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Queen Nzinga

...into battle. She developed Matamba as a trading power by capitalizing on its strategic position as the gateway to the Central African interior. Despite numerous attempts by the Portuguese and their allies to capture or kill Queen Nzinga, she died peacefully in her eighties, by which time Matamba had become a strong commercial state. Look further into African history...
English: Personal Experiences
Education & Development

English: Personal Experiences

...become a hindrance. How often do you change they way you speak to adapt to different environments or accommodate other peoples assumptions? Can we get an insight into who people are by how the use grammar and pronounce words? In a series of conversations we’re given access to the varying perspectives on the English language from a range of personal experiences. This...
Key Ideas in Therapy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Key Ideas in Therapy

...becoming more able to be present to themselves and sit with their experiences and difficult emotions. These things are emphasised across all therapeutic approaches, but mindfulness in particularly has some tools for developing the capacity to be present. This animation was developed by Dr Meg-John Barker, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University, and Damn Fine...
Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...student Zoe Morland...The Moon is the most extensively studied planetary body outside of Earth. Despite this, its formation mechanism is still a mystery. Transcript Astronomy & Planetary Science The Formation of the Moon Zoe Morland: Have you wondered how the Moon was made? The Moon is the most extensively studied planetary body outside of Earth. Despite this, we’re...
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...Students came from all over Italy and from elsewhere in Europe to study with her as her skill in combining the theoretical and experimental aspects of physics became well known. She was a key figure in introducing Newton’s physics and philosophy to Italy. She wrote extensively but is hardly known today, possibly because only four of her papers appeared in print during...
Why is fish the translator's nightmare?
Languages

Why is fish the translator's nightmare?

...become a lengthy debate, and went to ask the chef. Our spouses busied themselves with the rest of the menu—probably wondering about the Japanese word for rosenkohl, or the difference between a hirsch and a kirsch—while David and I pondered the fish question in greater depth. "You know, one of our reporters invited the head of a Japanese bank to lunch in London," he...