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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?

...resource-poor countries, according to Vikram Patel, psychiatrist and professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the U.K. A clinical trial by Patel and colleagues, also published in the Lancet this month, showed that brief treatment by lay counsellors for severe depression in Goa, India, was beneficial and cost-effective. "[These treatments] are...
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So, what is this EU referendum everybody is talking about?
Society, Politics & Law

So, what is this EU referendum everybody is talking about?

...resources, information etc. they want and need. It is like the farmer’s market around your corner, but on a much bigger scale. Every Member State has access to this big unified single market without having to pay any customs duties, tariffs or fees when trading on it. Leaving the EU would mean losing all access to this market. Buying French wine and German cars can cost...
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Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...lifestyle and technical changes, but because their choices send signals to government and industry, as do political actions such as campaigning and voting on environmental issues. Study a free course This resource is part of the Supporting hybrid working and digital transformation collection, made possible by the Higher Educational Funding Council for Wales. [HEFCW logo]...
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Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...resource provisioning of the site myself. Taking the step towards hosting your own site is a big one, for many people (I’m too lazy to host my own sites, for example…) But initiatives like Reclaim Hosting, and more recently OU Create (from Oklahoma University, not the UK OU), originally inspired by a desire to provide a personal playspace in which students could...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation

...further reading These three women poets are just a few of the many contemporary Irish women publishing and receiving acclaim for their work. There is more information about contemporary Irish women’s poetry in the following resources. Poetry Ireland The Irish Poetry Reading Archive Salmon Poetry The Gallery Press Dedalus Press Arlen House Poet Head by Chris Murray...
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Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...resource centre or similar advice-giving organisation they should be able to help you discover if there is a local college. As recovery colleges are educational establishments you don’t need a health referral and you can apply directly to them. One college states: ‘There is absolutely no need for a referral; in fact we do not have a system for referrals. Although the...
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Mycoprotein - could this meat alternative be a food for the future?
Science, Maths & Technology

Mycoprotein - could this meat alternative be a food for the future?

...resources or, more colloquially, harm the environment. Meat products account for a high percentage of agricultural land use and emissions so reducing meat consumption is recognised as a viable climate change mitigation strategy. This also means a growing population must be fed with a minimal expansion of agricultural land, and food production growth must come from...
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Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity
Society, Politics & Law

Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity

...resources https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/refugees-migrants-and-asylum?utm_source=google&utm_medium=grant&utm_campaign=AWA_REFU_asylum-seekers&utm_content=famous%20refugees https://lithub.com/15-works-of-contemporary-literature-by-and-about-refugees/
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