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Living with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with Disability

...course K101 An introduction to health and social care... Living with Disability A short introduction to this album. Living with MS: Veronica's story A day in the life of Veronica Sinclair and her husband. They talk about how Veronica;s progressive MS has affected them, and how an assited living grant has changed their lives. An introduction to health and social care...
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The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...accident study sourced from EF Loftus and JC Palmer, ‘Reconstruction of automobile destruction: an example of the interaction between language and memory’, Journal of Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974. About this article This article is based on extracts taken from the Open University Business School course Making a Difference (B830). Study a free psychology course...
Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...Accessed 08 April 2019). Slutsky, R., and DeShetler, L. M. (2017) How technology is transforming the ways in which children play. Early Child Development and Care, 187(7), pp. 1138-1146. Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related course More on technology Study with the OU...
The geology of Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

The geology of Northern Ireland

...course, Northern Ireland. The granites of South Armagh and the marine sediments of Down to Armagh were all part of this great collision. Remnants of these mountains are found in the present day Sperrin Mountains of Tyrone. Semi-arid conditions prevailed and the mountains were eroded to form Devonian sandstones (marked as brown on the map) that can give reddish soils in...
RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes
Education & Development

RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes

...course to becoming academies. The local authorities will leave behind a number of precious local services, their future somewhat uncertain. Despite their long life, LEAs have not been universally popular, making a number of enemies: the late Margaret Thatcher and former education secretary Keith Joseph, to name but two. Between them they killed off the Inner LEA, but the...
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage

...course of the evolution of life itself. Have a look at how continental drift was first described and justified by Alfred Wegener below: Transcript The remarkable notion that the continents have been constantly broken apart and reassembled throughout Earth's history is now widely accepted. The greatest revolution in 20th century understanding of how our planet works, known...
How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Science, Maths & Technology

How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?

...free to contact their local GP to get advice if they suspect they have any symptoms related to cancer. If asked to attend an appointment, social distancing and the advice provided by NHS staff should be followed. How will COVID-19 affect cancer treatment? In the UK, 45% of patients diagnosed with cancer have surgery to remove the tumour as part of their primary cancer...
Honour thy vulnerable witnesses
Health, Sports & Psychology

Honour thy vulnerable witnesses

...courses and qualifications. You see your partner, your friend, your colleague, your neighbour every day, but the moment you try to describe their face, you find yourself awkwardly falling into generic descriptions like “dark hair (dark brownish?), two eyes (brown I think), a mouth a bit full and under the nose which is slightly bigger than average”. Surely, you should...