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So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...change your basic values and beliefs when encountering scenarios that may challenge your views, but that you do take a particular approach when these beliefs and values conflict with the organisation. Generally, you hold on to your basic values when you enter into nursing, but you may find times when these personal values are challenged. An example might be that you hold...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...changes are a work in progress and can be variable in success. Research undertaken by The Open University has revealed that learners experiencing mental ill-health are very reticent to ask for support from their educator (Lister et al., 2021). Learners reported that knowing their educators were supportive and genuinely cared about their mental health needs made a big...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...climate shocks or displacement. Academic recovery alone is not enough. To thrive, children must also rebuild their confidence, reconnect socially, and develop the resilience and agency to keep learning in the face of adversity. This two minute video presents a summary: In general, resilience in education can be understood as students’ ability to recover from adversity,...
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Article 5 mins
Scales in space and time
Science, Maths & Technology

Scales in space and time

...change across its lifetime of hundreds of years? And how did this evolve over millions of years? And how this species differs from other species to make it the enduring species it is today. CALUM MACCORMICK I study highly excited atoms using lasers and magnetic fields. When I look at this tree, I see that it’s also made of atoms. It’s made of hydrogen, which is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...change them in any way or use them commercially. Name the significant locations Question 4 What is the significance of these locations for OERs? Janet Dyson Figure 4 The Open University Answer The Open University has put more than 600 free online free courses on its website. Question 5 Charlie Dave Figure 5 Cape Town Answer Cape Town is the home of the Cape Town Open...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...change was implemented; or assess the effect of a policing intervention – by testing the impact of a new initiative in a specific context or exploring the possible consequences of a change in policing. Evidence-based policing does not provide definitive answers that officers and staff should apply uncritically. Officers and staff will reflect on their practice, consider...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...changed.) Once you have compiled a list, see if you can separate your observations into positive and negative attributes. For example, if you associate law with ‘tradition’ do you see this as being a positive attribute or a negative one? Table 1 Your positive and negative observations of law POSITIVE NEGATIVE Words: 0 Discussion [Photo of two judges. They are both...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...change in organisations mean that the jobs for which people are recruited often change. Consequently, organisations may be interested in potential beyond the immediate job, and people have the capacity to influence the organisation's performance beyond the boundaries of their own jobs. Increasingly, it is seen as important to ensure that there is also a fit between the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs