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Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...Health and Social Care, the DHSC. Achieving a doctorate, whether a PhD, EdD or DHSC confers the title Dr. Why write a Research Proposal? To be accepted onto a PhD / Professional Doctorate (PD) programme in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) at The Open University, you are required to submit a research proposal. Your proposal will outline the...
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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

...health and job concerns to social disconnectedness; from social injustice to childcare strains; plus uncertainty about the future. This is even more prevalent in remote workers, with people forced to parent, teach and undertake extended workdays, or endure loneliness and isolation, often within in a single space since early 2020. Therefore, how employers respond to the...
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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?

...Health and Care Research. Award ID: NIHR205625. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. Study authors Boyle, G., Wallace, L., Islam, Z. and Sarwer, A. (In progress) ‘Mera future ko kya? (What about my future): A qualitative, multi-methods study and linked feasibility study of South...
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Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...public funding of the underlying work...Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?: 1.1 The variety of ‘open’ - The word cloud in Figure 1 illustrates some of the terms associated with ‘open’, e.g. education, access, research, source, data, science, publication and massive online courses. [Image of a tag cloud showing different terms associated with...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...public edifices, a most dignified town, with as great beauty as could be expected of a place which has always had so much to do besides looking after its figure and complexion. The very charming series or system of parks, public gardens, and playgrounds, unusual in their number and variety, had a sympathetic allure in the gray, cool light, even to the spectator passing in...
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Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...public access to the Falls over the land surrounding it had been denied. Important decisions had to be taken regarding the future of the site. The A465 slices through the site and the suburbs of Neath have encroached on the river bed on both sides. [Figure 1] Photo: RGB Aerial Photography. © GeoPerspectives COWI A/S © Photo: RGB Aerial Photography.© GeoPerspectives...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...public embraced the magic of the panorama - a clamour which owed a lot to the popularity of hot air ballooning...Until the late eighteenth century, the predominant mode of landscape representation was the bird’s-eye view. This type of image offered the onlooker a high viewpoint outside the subject depicted within the frame of representation, whether a city, a coastline,...
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Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...public figures have expressed concern about being able to cope with the numbers, there remains a strong desire to help. This is in stark contrast to the vehemently hostile approach taken by leading figures in Hungary and Serbia. It was also potentially surprising given Croatia’s reputation as a fairly closed and xenophobic society. Only recently, it suffered...
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