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The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...health hospital. Now he was dead. I lived in the street for three more years. When I left, Jonny’s house had been boarded up, the windows barricaded with sheets of rusted metal. The only window left untouched was the one at the top, the one through which the neighbours used to hear him sing. *** When someone dies by suicide, they leave behind questions. Attend a wake or...
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Article 15 mins
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...Health Authority for the first three years of the project. This was to pay the wages of a co-ordinator, an administrator and two sessional nursery nurses. At the outset, the project (as it was called) was located in the health centre in the hope that it would become an arm of the Local Health Authority. Dr Clarke, however, recognised that the process for this would be...
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Article 15 mins
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...health and well-being of himself and of his family’ [sic], to education, and to participate freely in cultural life. Article 28 specifies a right to a social and international order in which these rights and freedoms can be fully realised, while Article 29 commands a duty on the part of the rights holder to the community in which the development of his [sic] personality...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...health, drain economic resources, contaminate water supplies, leave significant toxic waste, advance the extinction of plant and animal species, and contribute to climate change (UNEP, 2022). As a result, it is important to understand the complex reasons why wildfires happen and what might be done to reduce their recurrence, intensity, and impact. This free course,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...publication like a guide or textbook or even a memoir. You want to investigate a topic or question that interests you. This is one of the best reasons for undertaking PhD study, provided that your proposed research will potentially make an original contribution to psychological knowledge and the discipline. Personal interest is therefore important, but it is not the only...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...public. It also led to anxieties about how to manage the increasing amount of books, resulting in ingenious solutions, such as Agostino Ramelli’s ‘book wheel’, a rotating bookshelf and desk. [This is an illustration of a person using a book wheel.] Figure 1 Agostino Ramelli’s book wheel. The arrival of a new medium, however, did not mean that previous ones were...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...public broadcasters like the BBC also then have BBC Worldwide who they need to sell the footage to around the world to then help fund the next documentary, so you’re going to equally try and make a film that is most commercial as possible, so doom and gloom doesn’t sell as well. Are environmental stories bad box-office? If you look at environmental programmes it can...
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Video 30 mins
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...public and private sector services to show how data might be used to establish demand patterns and manage demand. The capacity management strategies of ‘level’ and ‘chase’ are explained. You will also gain an insight into the underlying causes of waits and delays, with an illustration of queue theory. This course was produced by The Open University in association...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs