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From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...social media, where algorithms amplify sensational content and make it harder to correct. In reality, the evidence does not support Trump’s claim. A large international body of research shows no link between taking paracetamol during pregnancy and autism. The few studies that raised concerns were small, often based on animal experiments or limited observational data....
Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...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 them are caring for an older person and indeed many are older people themselves - caring for a spouse, sibling or parent who has reached great age. As the populations in Europe increasingly age,...
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...social interaction, including with a more experienced learner or teacher. There is no fundamental difference between the learning of children and that of adults. Rather than waiting for a student to be ‘ready’ to learn, a teacher is finding out what the learner thinks in order to guide and support what the learner is trying to do next. By talking with the teacher, and...
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...social and political change. Part 3 Now return to your own ideas about peace. Is there anything you might add? Think about these questions: What might inform your perspective on peace? Which aspects of your life experience do you draw on when you think of peace? CPD sessions With a group, you might use the quotes and images above to start the discussion. However you could...
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...interactions. * Capitalism Social system in which physical and financial capital are mainly privately owned with strong protection of private property rights. * Perfect competition Describes a market where a number of conditions are met, for example where no supplier has market power and all agents have perfect information * Market failure Occurs where the operation of a...
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Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...interactive): Pain relief or caring for a child in pain...Promoting the effective management of children’s pain: 2.2 Alleviating stress for practitioners - Having identified that pain management could involve stress, practitioners also identified aspects of practice that could help alleviate stress with the intention of increasing practitioners’ confidence. This...
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...interact to shape industrial structure...How does a firm emerge as 'leader of the pack'? Why do most of the small firms so common in the early years of new industries disappear? This free course, Innovation, markets and industrial change, looks at how and why change occurs through the industry life cycle, at the role of innovation and at how production costs, demand and...
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...social inequality of the Victorian period, since only the richer gentlemen of leisure could afford the time and expense of taking part in the Games.) The athletic events of the 1896 Olympics were also combined with parallel spectacles of art, music, poetry and architecture, like the Ancient Games. De Coubertin himself would later admit that these spectacles were perhaps a...