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Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...writing on a white board] De-la-Calle-Durán and Rodríguez-Sánchez’s (2021) review of 148 employee engagement and wellbeing studies, identified five main drivers of engagement that also lead to wellbeing, within the current pandemic context: conciliation, cultivation, confidence, compensation, and communication. Questioning current practices, and asking employees what...
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...writing style to the learner model. The user model is updated over time with submission of new documents. Academic integrity enhanced by technology Seven European institutions, including the Open University, conducted studies to support the development of the TeSLA system; these involved more than 22,000 students, including a large number of courses and teaching staff....
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...writing of this article. Dr Igor Kraev and Dr Radka Gromnicova for their expertise and support with electron microscopy. NCL Foundation for their support, especially through the ‘Young Investigators’ meetings and their focus on bringing together the CLN3 research community. References BERS, D. M. 2002. Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. Nature, 415, 198-205....
What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...write your CV, improve your employability skills or get an internship or work-based placement. • Some colleges and universities provide education bursaries for students who are carers. Check out the websites of your local colleges or universities. • The Open University provides scholarships for carers, including young adult carers, to obtain university qualifications:...
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Figure 4: (a) The Human Protein Atlas, https://www.proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000176783-RUFY1/summary/antibody#IHC, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; (b) The...
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...writes as he pleases, in English, Scots and languages of his own invention. Morgan's ‘First Men in Mercury’ can be read as a witty parable about language and imperialism. There are two voices. The leader of the Earth men seeks to communicate with the Mercurians. At the outset, his Standard English is calm and assured: – We come in peace from the third planet. Would...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...writing in 1878, drew close parallels between children and ‘native peoples’, claiming that both were characterized by an innate viciousness towards others that glorified in violence for violence's sake. He wrote of a ‘cruelty so noticeable among children, so much so indeed, that it may be described as one of the most distinguishing traits of boyhood’ (Wake, 1878,...
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...Write a letter to yourself briefly describing your initial thoughts about the subject of mental health in society, your own value base including any prejudices you might have, and what you hope to learn. Seal your letter in an envelope. You will be reminded to open it again at the end of the course to see what might have changed. This OpenLearn course is an adapted...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs