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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...resources is the outcome of a partnership between academics from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University in Scotland, and Scottish Union Learning, part of the Scottish Trade Union Congress. Work on this project commenced in 2021 and the primary aim of the collection was to contribute towards filling the gap in the recorded history of women’s role...
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Article 10 mins
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...resources in developing new therapeutic agents where there is already an adequate range of suitable drugs available. Thirdly, at the stage of planning the research project, it is essential that there is some pharmacological understanding of the underlying cause of the disease that the drug will be used to treat. Fourthly, there has to be a chemical starting point, often a...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...resources available and the practitioner's views about the place of outdoor activities in the overall development of the child. Activity 5 There are links to two articles below. Article 5 is of a general nature, while Article 6 focuses on school contexts. Select the article on outdoor play that you feel is most appropriate for your setting. Article 5: ‘Outdoor...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...resources within healthcare services being directed into exercise programmes for treating people with mental health problems. So accumulation of scientific evidence is paramount in an evidence-based health service. So what evidence is there for exercise improving mental health for different conditions? Let me first start by looking at exercise and the treatment for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts

...human being and not just another statistic. So that was a big help for me. I couldn't interact with social services at all because it's just another number in a book to go to that, you're not a person. You're just another scumbag out there. Do you know what I mean? FDAC, my support worker anyway, she was an angel. She helped me. And I will always be thankful to her for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...human rights or pornography. One difficulty for an investor is that ethical or social responsibility is a relatively subjective term so you need to examine where the fund invests your money. One way of checking whether a fund that claims to be ethical or socially responsible shares your own views, is to check the main companies the fund invests in. You’ll return to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...human rights and fundamental freedoms, and for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. c. The development of respect for the child’s parents, his or her own cultural identity, language and values, for the national values of the country in which the child is living, the country from which he or she may originate, and for civilizations different...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...Humanities...Emotion: An introductory picture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss basic philosophical questions concerning the nature of emotions discuss some of the philosophical literature on this subject by William James understand problems concerning the nature of emotions and discuss them in a philosophical way...Emotion:...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs