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Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care

...changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You'll learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology. These free courses are adapted extracts from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....
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What is economics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is economics?

...changes happen. It’s about how money is made and lost, used and misused. From private funding for new schools and hospitals to the level of house prices in your town, the success of large corporates involved in takeover bids for other companies – economics has something to say about all of these. But economics isn’t just about money and it isn’t just about the...
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Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...Changing concerns and structures. Governance and Privatisation The promotion of private sector governance in developing countries, and the problems that can arise with communities. Shared agendas as a possible solution. Growth Agendas The development of brownfields sites in terms of growth, using East London as an example,. The victims of such development and the...
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Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diverse Perspectives on Mental Health

...change Mental health service users reflect on the positive aspects of their experiences and question the attitudes of broader society to their illness. Expertise through Experience Special knowledge and skills that can result from the process of recovery from mental illness. Lessons for Practitioners Could service users' expertise be harnessed to develop better services...
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Using and managing waste
Science, Maths & Technology

Using and managing waste

...change - reducing the volume of waste going to landfill and developing more incineration sites. Waste Collection Analyse what you throw away. The different methods local authorities use to collect and sort your rubbish. Energy From Waste How incineration generates electricity and hazardous waste is treated at landfill sites. Composting The different types of green waste,...
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Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...change from their fluid state to hard polymer. Final Stage Production of Lenses The Lab Manager at Contamac demonstrates how they cut, polish and hydrate the finished lens. Treating Sight Loss in South Africa The good health train, Pelophepa is on a mission to bring health care to rural communities Introducing Dr Lillian Clingo. Manager of the train. A Day on the Good...
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Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...changing attitudes to our planet and our environmental responsibilities Taking Stock Bioethicist Janet Radcliffe Richards gives a talk entitled 'Taking Stock' focusing on the definition of philosophy and problems surrounding study of the subject Artificial Intelligence Philosophy professor Tim Crane explains what he sees to be the main philosophical issues in the area of...
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Critical thinking – A skill and a process
Education & Development

Critical thinking – A skill and a process

...change of view in ourselves or in others. This is where critical thinking becomes relevant outside the world of studying. By being critical of what we read, hear and see, we are engaging with the society we live in actively. We are not perceiving anything as given, but are rather reflecting on the value and correctness of the way society works. This helps us to be better...
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