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Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...write a brief response below. Whatever a woman’s beliefs about health are, it is likely they will have been shaped by many factors that are specific to that woman and may not always reflect wider assumptions held by society more broadly, or indeed fit with the biomedical model. This, however, does not diminish their potential value for understanding health and wellbeing...
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...writing, the tax position of Google in Ireland and the trading impacts of Brexit are yet to be fully established. Customer/consumer Some of the ethical issues in the previous section could impact on the willingness of customers to trade with an organisation. The sustainability of the market could impact on the sustainability of the supply chain; without demand for the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. Course image: epsos in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image Jetstar Airways in Flickr made available under Creative Commons...
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
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...Writing a letter, voting, attending a public meeting or going on a protest march might all fall into this category: forms of participation in which people seek to express their ‘voice’. Activity 3 Having a voice Timing: Allow 5 minutes for this activity From the list above, identify the activities that you think have expressing one’s opinion or voice (expressive...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs