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Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...based on data from UNDESA Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision) Figure 1 The percentage of the population aged 60 years or older across the world in 2015 and 2050 a.In 2015, which of the following countries was the ‘oldest’ in the world in terms of the percentage of its population aged 60 years and older? United Kingdom Japan Sweden...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...based in Britain. As Robert Winder has shown, the reception offered to these servicemen was generally hospitable; those West Indian soldiers posted to RAF bases, for example, ‘were embraced as friends by their neighbours; some even resolved to come back once the fighting was over’ (2004, p. 330). The story was very different, though, for many who did come back and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...based care. Cons The article suggests that the care sector is behind the times when it comes to incorporating technology so far. As you can see from the notes you made for your pros and cons list, the article suggests that there are a lot of benefits to incorporating technology in social care but is very scant on the challenges and risks of doing so. This article presents...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...based on the chapter ‘Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency’ by Catriona Havard and John Clarke (2014). This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD102 Introducing the social sciences...Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: compare and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...based here at The Open University. So Jonquil, what rights do young people have when starting part-time employment? JONQUIL LOWE Well, the first thing to be clear about is whether they're an employee or self-employed. Young people are much more likely than other workers to work in the gig economy, so that's where an online app brings together workers and customers. Now,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...based on the countryside he came from and lived in, and the country people that he knew best. [Described image] Figure 1 Image of Thomas Hardy in about 1870. [Described image] Figure 2 Thomas Hardy’s birthplace in Upper Bockhampton (Dorset). Activity 1 Watch this short video now which was filmed in and around the cottage where Hardy was born, and where he wrote Far From...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...based on a learner-centred approach to teaching, which is underpinned by a constructivist view of learning – the idea that students will construct knowledge and understanding for themselves as a result of activities and experiences. Now listen to an introduction to this course by Gary Spruce: An introduction to Assessment in secondary geography Gary Spruce Geography...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...based on specific measurements, even though it has numbers. It is important to realise that intensity refers to the damage caused at a particular place by an earthquake. An earthquake will have different intensities in different places. It is therefore wrong to refer to the intensity of an earthquake; it is necessary to state the intensity in, say, Los Angeles, or 'the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs