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Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...working conditions...Find out about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Setting the scene On 12 August 2022, Scotland’s highest circulation broadsheet newspaper, The Herald, carried a headline exclaiming ‘Nurses set to strike for first time in their history’. While the words made an eye-catching headline, they failed to recognise, and in...
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...works and what it contains - This unit has been designed to help anyone with an interest in the history of Wales to find key information and to begin understanding the way that historians of Wales do their work. It is aimed both at those who are generally interested in the subject and may have a good knowledge of Welsh history already, and at those who are relatively new...
Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work on green spaces...Transcript About Wendy Wendy is a semi-retired independent consultant and volunteer coordinator at two community gardens in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Wendy was introduced to systems behaviour in 1984, through the OU: “After that, I couldn’t stop seeing systems everywhere. It became so much a part of me that I even married another systems...
Practitioner research
Education & Development

Practitioner research

...approach their work? Working with specific groups of people What factors should you consider when working with particular demographics? Being a good researcher Being a successful researcher requires rigor and discipline Analysis Analysis of a subject can often be a stumbling block for researchers Write up and Dissemination How does one keep track of the original question?...
Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen

...social failure with few skills or without identifiable employment, she is a high-level CIA operative in charge of recruiting, training and managing assets. The audience is exposed to her bipolar disorder which she keeps secret from her employers because she would lose security clearance. So she obtains medication from her sister, a psychiatrist, rather than seeking...
‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Shut up and play’: a brief history of athlete activism

...social movements occurring within each wave. The first wave (1900–1945) was represented by the likes of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and Jesse Owens, who pursued validity through their athletic excellence, often accomplishing their biggest achievements within international arenas rather than in American society, which was heavily impacted by racial segregation. The second...
Witches in popular culture
History & The Arts

Witches in popular culture

...social outcasts (such as the infamous Pendle Witches hanged at Lancaster castle in 1612), were the victims of persecution and prosecution in 16th and 17th-century Britain. Nowadays, though, the witch is often praised as a feminist figure, who pushes boundaries, breaks the rules and punishes patriarchal authority. Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Willow Rosenberg (Alyson...
Supporting women musicians in the workplace
History & The Arts

Supporting women musicians in the workplace

...work in for many. The long hours, with lots of the work taking place during the evening, have not made the working environment inclusive for parents, carers, those with disabilities or long-term illnesses, and others. This can have a profound impact on many creative artists’ careers, with women – who still often tend to take on the bulk of caring responsibilities –...