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Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...change. Our project complements this. We talked to carers and they told us about how difficult it is to find information about local services and about the health conditions of the people they are caring for. This is especially true when people become a carer initially as often this is in response to a sudden crisis in the life of a relative or friend and people report...
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Article 10 mins
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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Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...changing all the time. It doesn’t degenerate – it just adapts to the different contexts in which it’s used. Language is also fundamental to our culture. It’s a badge of identity, both for individuals and groups. But this can lead to prejudice. People make assumptions about everything from someone’s education to their moral values based on how they speak....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...changes to the way police obtain eyewitness evidence can have a profound effect on its accuracy. Watch the following video and follow the instructions. GRAHAM PIKE You're about to see video footage of a staged crime. Please watch it carefully. Do you think you would make a good witness if you were now interviewed by the police? Would you be able to remember everything...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...changing the words round over and over again. I wasn't feeling very confident because I haven't written an essay for about 20 years. I started to panic a bit because I only had a couple of evenings put aside to do it. I thought that if I kept on writing, I'd get there in the end. It wasn't productive and I had no idea of what I was trying to do - a bull in a china shop...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...climate justice have also been sought. * restitution The restoration of something that has been lost or stolen. Making amends for injury or loss. Making good. * Scramble for Africa A term used to describe the rapid colonisation of Africa by the major European powers, between roughly 1880 and 1914. The Berlin Conference (1884–1885), a major international meeting, was a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...changed. The opportunities for ‘water cooler’ moments or to ask a colleague a quick question across the desk have become less frequent, and new ways of sharing information have developed. Not only did having to move to remote working at an organisational level change how many of us needed to work, it has impacted workplace culture and expected behaviours. During the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs