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Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...adult care. So, that may be children who are trafficked, children who are living on the streets, children who are in domestic labour who are therefore outside of any formal system whatsoever or any caring environment. So, what we’re working on is how do you develop a system both the formal system – the State system to provide a protective environment that supports...
World Health Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Health Day

...campaign are to increase awareness about the rise in diabetes and its staggering burden and consequences. ...Learn more about diabetes care The following video tracks introduce various aspects of a patient’s diabetes annual check-up. This material forms part of the Open University course Diabetes care. Listen to this podcast on type 1 diabetes Try a free diabetes course...
How to become an ethical researcher
Education & Development

How to become an ethical researcher

...adult researchers and gatekeepers, and young people as participants can hide how young people feel about participating in research. In this short video we present a reflexive researcher approach to achieving effective ongoing assent/consent working with children and young people. It identifies different reflexive considerations for adult researchers as a continuous...
Supporting children’s learning in the early years
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in the early years

...adults help them? This album looks at how nursery teachers support children in their development. We follow a practitioner’s day, looking at how she works with children, observes and plans for further activities while she also records her thoughts and ideas using a video camera. Further video tracks reveal how creativity is nurtured in young children to develop their...
Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...Care at The Open University...A lack of essential nutrients is known to contribute to the onset of poor mental health in people suffering from anxiety and depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and ADHD. Nutritional psychiatry is a growing discipline that focuses on the use of food and supplements to provide these essential nutrients as part of an integrated or...
Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study

...Care courses. This article is reproduced with kind permission of Marie Curie. Shortly after Queen Elizabeth II died in early September, renowned palliative care consultant, Dr Kathryn Mannix outlined on Twitter how the Queen’s death might be an example of ‘ordinary dying’. Others both on social media and in the BMJ opinions section agreed: the Queen’s death could...
Life or Death Decisions
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life or Death Decisions

...care planning? Setting out what you’d want to happen to you if you became too unwell to make your own decisions doesn’t have to be morbid but can be incredibly helpful and give you peace of mind. Find out more in this interactive video simulation…...Select here to begin the interactive... [Advance care planning image] Select the image to begin... Instructions For...
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...caring profession can lead to the raising of unrealistic expectations, possible over-intrusion into people’s lives and, potentially, an abuse of professional power...An introduction to social work law: 1.2 Role of a social worker - Having considered what your perception of a social worker is, you are now going to consider the role of a social worker and the work that...