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Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome

...opening off a corridor around a square or rectangular courtyard and primarily cared for the sick, rather than those injured on the battlefield. There is still debate over whether all buildings of this shape were hospitals, or whether the rooms were storerooms. The Romans made use of home remedies, such as Cato’s universal panacea, the cabbage, for which he describes...
Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...Open University led by Dr Verina Waights, have developed a website to support carers through helping them to use digital technologies and get online. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. [Image of a young carer and an older person talking] Over a 100 million people in Europe care for a family member or friend. Many of...
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

...Open University's Open Degree. On 5 July every year the UK celebrates the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, arguably one of the greatest British achievements of the post-war years. The NHS was particularly lauded during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with weekly clapping for those who worked there. The National Health Service has always been...
How to start a course
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How to start a course

...Open University course materials while others are written specifically for OpenLearn. All of our courses enable you to earn a Statement of participation and some also allow you to earn a free digital badge. You can use your badge or Statement of participation to share your achievement with others, although they do not carry any formal credit towards a qualification. Find...
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...
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...Open University course B629 Marketing and finance...Stakeholders in marketing and finance: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and identify customers, consumers and clients and their needs and expectations apply these ideas to a work context and recognise customers, consumers and clients and their needs and expectations...
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...Open University's Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership (CVSL). The CVSL was established thanks to the generous support of Mr Anthony Nutt BA. This course is an update of the course Introducing leadership in voluntary organisations. ...Week 2: Leadership as person: traits leadership: Introduction - During this week you will be introduced to the idea of leadership as...
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. Hip Hop Hip hop is a Black radical knowledge movement that emerged in post-industrial urban North America in the 1970s and that has now become a global phenomenon and source of cultural inspiration for marginalised youth from around the world. The term ‘hip hop’ was coined in the late 1970s, possibly in the South...