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Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...social group, and was able to communicate his experiences on his reincorporation into “humanity”. Social creatures Like primates, wolves and dogs are highly social and all members of the pack will participate in the care of puppies or cubs. Wolves can also enter into friendships with animals who would, in other contexts, represent appropriate prey. An example dating...
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Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK
Education & Development

Parenting as a South Asian parent in the UK

...social skills were nurtured by us, and others were imitated by them. Those lifesaving dos and don’ts instructions in early childhood that all parents give are the foundation for survival and enablers of learning for the rest of life. Although such instructions if not good also do harm to a child’s development. Responding to their incessant series of questions may be a...
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Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...social meeting with friends, and such the benefits these pursuits provide were progressively lost.But March 13th brought about a significant change; Covid-19 lockdown was introduced, and this 12-week period of safety ended those times for respite. Isolation for many increased, enforcing another dramatic change in the life of a carer. Due to lack of respite care due to...
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...social systems. I'm also interested in systems of concepts and values through which we see all the others which I call appreciative systems. So I'm going to talk about the end of the spectrum that interests me, and it is of course of great general interest, because whatever else we do, we all live in this psycho social world. And we, all of us (I think) also suffer from a...
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Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...social activity in the older age. We explore how using this knowledge might facilitate self-management and delay the ageing processes. Five main pillars of the Ageing Well series are nutrition, hydration, physical, social and cognitive stimulation. Today I am going to talk about nutrition. You may know already that our basic metabolic rate and functions slow down with...
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...Social Care issued by the Department of Health (2005, p. 8) in the UK recommended the following inclusive approach to research: ‘Research, and those pursuing it, should respect the diversity of human society and conditions and the multi-cultural nature of society. Whenever relevant, it should take account of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, culture and...
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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...social context we are currently experiencing and how this means each of us must take more responsibility for our own finances. She also talks with George and Martin about her own money story and her own money challenges. These include efforts to overcome innate risk averseness around investment. Jonquil also signals a warning about financial scams and invites us to take...
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Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...social construction of difference and power. The materials are primarily an audio file, originally 28 minutes in length and recorded in 1998. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Sociology...Children’s rights: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the broad issue of children as citizens...Children’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr