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A National Health Service or an International Health Service?: South Asian geriatricians
Society, Politics & Law

A National Health Service or an International Health Service?: South Asian geriatricians

...changed the nature of healthcare for older people in part responding to their dire medical neglect within the NHS hospital system and in part to government and management pressure to improve bed occupancy figures. Geriatric medicine began to offer a career trajectory and eventually became what it is today, the second largest specialty with about 1,514 specialists. The...
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Article 10 mins
Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University
Digital & Computing

Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University

...change. [Female college student studying in the library] The numbers tell a clear story. Across both academic years we studied (2019/20 and 2020/21), ethnic minority students had consistently lower pass and completion rates than their white peers. For example, in the module TM111, the pass rate for ethnic minority students was over 9 percentage points lower than for...
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Article 5 mins
Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students
Education & Development

Building belonging and mattering to achieve equity for Black STEM students

...and McPherson, E. (2025) ‘Black student experience on an introductory STEM module: Closing the awarding gap by listening to our Black students’. In: The 13th eSTEeM Annual Conference Proceedings: Sharing Best Practice - Implementing What Works (edited by Pawley, S. and Chang, D.), 10-11 April 2024, The Open University, UK. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00102266...
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Article 5 mins
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
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...changes across time. These and alternative measures of wellbeing will be discussed further in this course. Whether you felt this was a fair representation of the UK might depend on your own experiences and those of young people you know. There are frequent media reports claiming the mental or physical health of children and young people today is getting worse and their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 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