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Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...Open University course K123 Foundations for Social Care and Social Work Practice....Introduction: Introduction - This free course, Introducing social care and social work, will introduce you to different social care and social work practitioner roles. It will develop your understanding of the context in which social care and social work take place in the United Kingdom...
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...Open University Social Work courses....Effective writing in professional social work practice: Introduction - This course introduces you to professional writing which is an integral aspect of social work practice. Social workers need to consider how their writing forms part of their communication and record keeping. Ensuring people who are being written about are at the...
Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...Open University course BG023 Coaching for performance, which is no longer in presentation. You may be interested in BGXS001 Introduction to business and workplace coaching and BGXC001 Developing a coaching culture...Three principles of a coaching approach: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify three core coaching skills apply...
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...opened one up, started it, didn’t need any qualifications back then, and then I took myself off to college and did an NNEB, 9.30 until 2.30 every day and took the boys to school. So I whizzed off to college, did that, and then I’m currently doing my foundation degree, and I’m absolutely loving it. It’s made me reflect on my own practice a lot, and sort of rather...
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...Open University course SDK100 Science and health: an evidence-based approach, which forms the entry module in our undergraduate degree in Health Sciences....Session 1: Introducing human infectious diseases: Introduction - Most people on Earth experience at least one episode of an infectious disease every year. Although the majority recover, hundreds of millions suffer...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...sources are. Notice the reference to the ‘ways [plural] … economists have tried to understand’. The most basic message of this course is that economics is not a subject in which there is one single correct answer. This course will also assist you in developing your ability to use and evaluate economic theory, and help you build or improve other academic skills. The...
Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...opened for review. Under the law, the federal government must maintain ownership and control of all presidential records, including records created by the president’s staff. Once a president leaves office, all presidential records must be transferred to the archivist of the United States, who makes them available to the public over time. Tweets not so fleeting Trump has...
‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Background From its inception in 1948 the National Health Service (NHS) has been dependent on migrant labour. Following an NHS recruitment drive in Malaysian secondary schools, Sofi Taylor left Malaysia for Scotland in 1973 to train as a nurse. In Malaysia Sofi came from a wealthy family. Her only sister was...