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Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Becoming a widow When my husband Alan was dying, one of the thoughts that haunted me every day I cared for him was: soon I would become a widow. I was 60 and Alan was 63 when on 21 November 2017 he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. We had met in 2006 and married in 2014 and neither of us had...
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Article 5 mins
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Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: An overview of the legal history of Scotland: Introduction - The legal history of Scotland is both complex and fascinating. Law has played a key role in the evolution of Scottish society. The maintenance of an independent and separate legal system has...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...Education Act. The federal legislation encouraged school districts to incorporate native language instruction for children with limited English-speaking ability. A 2010 study in the Review of Educational Research Journal surveyed 63 studies on the effects of bilingualism. It found that being able to speak multiple languages correlates with increased working memory, better...
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Article 5 mins
Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...educational research by involving the collection and analysis of interview data online in a student-instigated study (Fox et al., 2022). Alternatively, researchers could reflect on their analysis and discuss as a limitation of the study not having included participants’ perspectives in such direct manner. Lucy Yardley (2017) suggested that researchers must show...
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Article 15 mins
Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...educational reforms which will integrate English more deeply into the curriculum. English will cease to be a foreign language for many, perhaps most, of the world's citizens as it becomes repositioned as a 'basic skill', to be learned by primary school children alongside other 21st century skills in Information Technology. There are now about 5.8 billion people who do not...
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Article 10 mins
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: Why employers value teamwork: References - Adams, K. (2016) ‘Looking Forward: Join Us in Expanding Possibilities for People with Vision Loss’, American Foundation for the Blind, 18 December. Available at:
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...Open University programmes in 1983 (Regan and Breathnach, 1981). Using a rural area in the West of Ireland also links the programmes directly to the next series in this collection, on Northeast Mayo. Southwest Donegal and Northeast Mayo are similar in many respects but the areas have experienced different forms of industrialisation and this serves to extend the discussion...
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Make your clothes count
Nature & Environment

Make your clothes count

...resources that could be put to better use by being repaired, passed on or donated. Extending the wearable life of a t-shirt or any other garment by just three months would lead to a 5-10% reduction in the amount of carbon and water used and waste created. So, encouraging people to think about the way they buy, use and pass on clothes clearly helps to save money and...
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