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Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...resources such as ‘Beacon’ being made freely available. References CHRISTENSEN, H. MURRAY, K. CALEAR, A. L. BENNETT, K. BENNETT, A. & GRIFFITHS, K. M. (2010). Beacon: A Web Portal to High-Quality Mental Health Websites for use by Health Professionals and the Public. Medical Journal of Australia. 192 (11). S40-S44. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE...
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Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...resources. [A woman speaks to her grandmother who has dementia] What are the symptoms? Every person will experience dementia differently and some of the signs are not always obvious. Hence, there's usually a late diagnosis. Some of the most common symptoms include: Difficulty recalling recent events but remembering the past Unable to make decisions Problems with finding...
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Innovative efforts to raise wages
Money & Business

Innovative efforts to raise wages

...resources to maximise their personal and professional potential. James Surowiecki explores this possibility in his article The case for free money in the New Yorker. Of course, for many, these notions still appear rather idealistic. Could they work in reality? There remains a scepticism over the changing established wage policies. There is a commonsense assumption that...
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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...resources. The two most fundamental resources of humankind and ecosystems are water and land. Both are challenged by climate change. Both are threatened by climate change. Water through the changes in the hydrological cycle where we have an indication that on very large scales the hydrological cycle becomes more intensive which means those areas that are dry today already...
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History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...resource, and explores the connections between the evidence of a writers reading and their literary output. The previous tutorials focus on methods of uncovering evidence of reading, and the use of evidence to understand the reception of a literary text. UK RED is a resource built and maintained at The Open University...Have you ever wondered about the reading tastes and...
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The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...resources required will vary based on the different clinical outcomes of the infection, and the existing availability of healthcare infrastructure. We capture these aspects using a compartmental epidemiological model based on the classical Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered (SEIR) model, which describes the spread and clinical progression of COVID-19. The infection...
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How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...resources in support of the Open University’s (OU) commitment to its social mission. It now hosts thousands of articles, videos and several hundred courses, many of which issue digital badges. The first UK lockdown in March 2020 saw an overnight five-fold increase in visitors to OpenLearn and by the beginning of 2022, OpenLearn celebrated the extraordinary goal of...
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Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...resources but in some cases information and advice has been sourced and repurposed from the following organisations: National Health Service (NHS), The Open University and Psychology Today. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the...
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