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About Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

About Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland

...mental health, or student life – and by subject area to get access to the resources you need. It doesn’t matter which university or college you’re going to, or even if you haven’t made your mind up yet -you can use all of the resources on our hub to find out more about university life. Take a look around and explore all of the different support on offer. Moving on...
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Article 5 mins
Extra help for disabled students: Disabled Students' Allowance
Education & Development

Extra help for disabled students: Disabled Students' Allowance

...mental health condition, such as anxiety or depression physical disability, for instance if you use crutches, a wheelchair or an adapted keyboard sensory disability, including being visually impaired, D/deaf or having a hearing impairment long-term health condition, such as cancer, chronic heart disease or HIV. DSA is not available to apprenticeship learners, but you may...
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Video 5 mins
Learn with Start Up Loans
Money & Business

Learn with Start Up Loans

...mental health and wellbeing, as well as trauma and grief. Who are we? Start Up Loans provides government-backed loans and support for UK businesses that struggle to access finance. We’ve helped almost 85,000 businesses from all across the UK, start up and grow with loans of between £500 and £25,000, as well as mentoring and support. Because of that, we’re familiar...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic

...mental and physical strength. The 7 video tracks in this album introduce patients and doctors at the Royal Free Hospital's Pain Clinic and the Real Health Institute in London. They explore the causes of pain, the changes it brings to the lives of sufferers and the ways in which drugs, surgery, physiotherapy and cognitive therapies can help control it. This material forms...
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Audio 43 mins
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...mental states to humans, such as emotions and cognitions. You will also consider whether animals may even have an understanding of others’ mental states, such as beliefs, desires, intentions and so on, known as Theory of Mind (ToM). Not only is this an interesting topic in its own right, but studying animals’ mental abilities also sheds light on how human minds have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about
Health, Sports & Psychology

What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about

...mental health, productivity), as well as improve overall functioning within organisations (culture, relations, productivity and wellbeing). [neon sign - think about things differently] What is the Applying Psychology at Work Hub? The Applying Psychology to Work hub is a collection of free resources – articles, videos, audios and courses – that have been curated by a...
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How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...mental health and criminal justice system. The animation highlights the decisive turns and twists at the different junctions and crossroads in the life of Emma and Steve (the two characters in the animation) with statements based on research evidence, including: 1. ‘There’s evidence that working-class boys might be disadvantaged in the school system.’ 2. ‘Certain...
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Article 10 mins
Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...Mental health and community qualification. Technology is everywhere, and mobile phones have become an essential part of everyday life. According to Ofcom’s 2017 figures, 94% of adults in the UK own a mobile phone; and over three-quarters of those are smartphones. And while mobile phones were originally designed to facilitate phone calls on the go, Deloitte’s mobile...
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Article 10 mins