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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...studying the psychological processes behind self-inflicted death for over 20 years. “Did you see the news?” he asks when I meet him. The morning’s papers are carrying the latest numbers: 6,233 suicides were registered in the UK in 2013. While the female suicide rate has remained roughly constant since 2007, that for men is at its highest since 2001. Nearly eight in...
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Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert
Languages

Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert

...skills and cultural knowledge. They want to share this wealth […] The Elders want their young people to grow up strong and resilient, proud of and knowledgeable in the ways of their people, secure in their peoples’ Law and Culture knowledge, so that they can better cope with the changing world. A peoples’ own Law and Culture is the glue that holds life together. By...
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How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?
Languages

How do you read a person their rights when English isn't their first language?

...skills aren't a bar to understanding your rights when arrested...“You have the right to remain silent” is an expression familiar to many English speakers. But what is involved in understanding this right in police interviews, as well as the consequences of waiving the right? Extensive research on comprehension of this and other rights delivered to suspects shows that...
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Article 5 mins
Making Social Worlds
Society, Politics & Law

Making Social Worlds

...skilled migrants can end up in unskilled jobs because of language problems. Keep multiculturalism Why Australia should continue to be multicultural. Embracing Australian culture Why the willingness to embrace Australian culture brings benefits. An academic perspective on passports Liz Mc Fall describes The Open University course structure, concentrating on the issue of...
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Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...study it. The skill of listening to a piece and writing it down in musical notation takes a lot of practice – even then it’s often necessary to listen to a piece many times in order to notate it accurately. Often it’s not possible to hear exactly what each instrument is doing in large ensemble pieces, and educated guesses are needed to complete the score. You are...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...study. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E219 Psychology of childhood and youth...Attachment in the early years: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe attachment classifications and how they are assessed describe the features of caregiving that influence attachment, and the significance of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...study enabling the development of intercultural communication skills. Learners can mix and match the short courses and study more than one course at a time. Once this course is complete you will be directed to OpenLearn’s hub for language content where you will be able to build on your newly found language skills. Now that you’re fully prepared, it’s time to start...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...skilled and where the organisation is well-meaning. Some of the big retailers for example, where often the shifts are flexible. The second main group is people who have skills their employers really need, and they often have to go through an individual process of negotiation but can in the end get quite good terms. It's less easy to categorise people who do have...
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