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Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...social factors interact to cause wildfires and shows why these interactions need to be considered when preparing for future wildfires. Focusing on the 2007 wildfires in Greece, this course introduces students to the geographical concept of entanglement as a tool for exploring these interrelated factors. Using the ideas of the environmental historian Stephen Pyne, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Leadership in Health and Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leadership in Health and Social Care

...social care in the UK, are real people in real roles. By sharing their experiences through short videos, they help to bring alive the ideas studied in the course and help you to explore how they might play out in real-life situations. This material forms part of The Open University course K313 Leadership and management in health and social care... Meet the leaders...
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Video 32 mins
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...social climbers: 1 The anthropoids - As you work through this course you will come across boxes, like this one, which give you advice about the study skills that you will be developing as you progress through the course. To avoid breaking up the flow of the text, they will usually appear at the start or end of the sections. In this course you'll come across aspects of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Literacy and Social Justice Hub
Education & Development

Literacy and Social Justice Hub

Welcome! Delve through a range of resources to support you in widening your knowledge and understanding of literacy, language, literature and social justice.
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Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic

...work. Trailer Watch the trailer below for the seminar, Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during Covid-19. Transcript Learning outcomes After exploring the material, you will have an understanding of what social reproduction is and what a social reproduction lens can illuminate about the impact of the pandemic. You ......
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Video 5 mins
My career goal: Social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

My career goal: Social care

...working in social care, a crucial societal structure that matters to everybody...Social care: changing lives This short video shows the impact that social workers have on young people. Transcript The following video clips explore various career directions within social care. Six people chat about their social care careers, what motivates them and ......
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Article 20 mins
Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...social spaces should be inclusive in nature. Your thinking in this respect might, for example, encompass learning environments or workspaces, and the individual and social approaches that might be used to support inclusion within them. This article explores this thinking further with a focus on leadership and the socially intelligent leader. At its core, inclusive...
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Article 5 mins
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...working in health and social care are vulnerable to stress, as discussed in the reading, some groups are more vulnerable than others. Compassion fatigue was mentioned in relation to people in these roles. You will explore this in more depth in the next section...The caring manager in health and social care: 2 Pressure, stress and you - This second section explores two key...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs