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Wellbeing and mental health collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing and mental health collection

...management or digital related stress. Mae'r casgliad yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This collection is also available in Welsh. [Wales logos] The development of this collection was funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. It was delivered by The Open University in Wales in partnership with Wrexham Glyndŵr University, Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult...
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Article 10 mins
Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?

...manager, who was the contact person between the event centre and the cleaning company, exchanged a word or two with Kifibin. However, she mostly spoke English to him. In an interview, she explained why she was not in regular contact with the cleaner: Actually the cleaning is outsourced and the supervising is outsourced, too, so it should disturb our work as little as...
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Article 5 mins
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...manages to make genuine improvements in patient safety, too often these interventions cannot be replicated elsewhere or scaled up, leading to the curse of “worked once”, as she describes it. One place that has managed to break this pattern is Northern Ireland, which has overcome the problem of poor labelling of lines such as intravenous lines and urinary catheters. A...
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Article 5 mins
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...Introduction - This course is a teaching and learning resource for anyone interested in Welsh history. It contains study materials, links to some of the most important institutions that contribute to our understanding of the history of Wales, and a pool of resources that can help you understand Welsh history and the way it is studied. This OpenLearn course is an adapted...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...Projects Agency (DARPA)Information Awareness Office (IAO), brought his Total Information Awareness programme to Congress where even the congress-critters eventually rejected it. Yet the intelligence agencies went ahead and essentially built and operated the infrastructure of mass surveillance in secret anyway. When the NSA, both considered, ditched the Constitution and...
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Video 15 mins
Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...managed the delivery of the Democratic Set in Milton Keynes for The Open University, working with Ursula White of Independent Cinema Milton Keynes (ICMK) to engage the widest possible range of local participants though a community liaison programme. An open call was made to recruit participants from a wide range of ages and backgrounds, with 30 groups responding and 131...
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Article 20 mins
An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...management team was established in 2009 as a group of young people who were experiencing or who had been through a family health crisis themselves and wanted to use their past experiences to help others. Our research highlights that targeted support for children and young people living with a loved one who is seriously ill is both inconsistent and inequitable.Hope works...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety and depression, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions, exploring how these conditions relate to each other. You will also explore some of the more contemporary and controversial findings within the field...This free advanced level course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs