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Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction
Education & Development

Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction

How has research into children's literacy shaped the iPad and iPhone Our Story application?...A team of us at The Open University have been interested in applying research based knowledge to develop an app which is designed to be fun, but will also help children develop abilities they will need when they start to read. In the following section we describe the way...
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Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to Green Social Prescribing — Mental Health and the Workplace Environment

...managers to proactively promote healthier workplaces. By doing so, they can lessen stigma about mental illness so we can help build more of a social community. This also encourages collaboration and partnerships with other agencies that can enable people to become ‘well’ beings at work with less need to rely solely on prescribed medication and forced ‘time off...
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Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...project, known as ‘Operation Soteria Bluestone’, exploring a number of different aspects of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) investigation. The focus of the work for the CPRL was officer learning, development and wellbeing. Essentially the team explored the way in which the officers who investigate RASSO receive learning, continuing professional development...
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An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification

Where can social psychology take you? Here four psychologists tell us about their career journey and other work options open to people studying social psychology...Transcript Interested? To find out more about the OU’s BSC (Honours) Social Psychology and how to apply, visit our qualifications site or try our OpenLearn Social Psychology and Politics Course
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Financial strategy and private finance initiative
Money & Business

Financial strategy and private finance initiative

...introduction Culture shift: using private finance to fund public projects. Why PFI? Comparing the Private Finance Initiative with financing through the public sector. The public sector Choosing the PFI route means Calderdale NHS Trust can finally have a new hospital. Proving a PFI will work Calderdale's decision-making process for choosing PFI Risk and money A look at how...
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Business problem solving and improvement
Science, Maths & Technology

Business problem solving and improvement

...issues of business decline brought on by the deregulation of electricity and gas. Scottish Power: Applying Six Sigma A look at how Scottish Power used Six Sigma to streamline and improve their customer correspondence process. Scottish Power: Auditing and initiating projects A look at how Scottish Power use Six Sigma to manage projects and streamline the audit process....
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Co-design approaches
Science, Maths & Technology

Co-design approaches

...project. Transcript Asset mapping This tool offers a practical introduction to asset mapping. A process of unearthing, visualising and connecting individual and collective skills, knowledge and other resources that a co-design team has and can use as a basis for further development of a design project. Asset mapping tool Connecting challenges, assets and opportunities...
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Hope in a changing climate
Nature & Environment

Hope in a changing climate

...projects in China, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Local villagers work together to rebuild the ecosystem which in turn has restored their environment. By changing their farming practices and re-vegetating these barren lands farmers are significantly improving their way of life. Additional video tracks include interviews with Rwandan president H.E. Paul Kagame and the Wang Family, a...
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