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Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...Manage existing illnesses - other health conditions such as type 2 diabetes can increase the risk of dementia. Reduce stress - don't forget to breathe when you feel stressed and take up a calming activity such as yoga or meditation. Be sociable - make a date with friends, volunteer or join a new activity club and keep in contact over social media. Learn more about healthy...
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Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...Introduction - Policy is constantly changing, not simply through the actions of governments but also through changes in the wider society. This course presents youth policy as both shaping and reflecting our sense of priorities, values and expectations about the future lives of young people. This course will discuss the ways in which Black and Muslim Asian young people...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...Introduction - For researchers in a range of academic disciplines, the question of what people read in the past, and how they read it, is of great importance. Evidence of reading helps us to understand the formation of literary canons, both from a popular and educational standpoint. It allows us to give due weight to the impact of significant texts at key historical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...introduction of a local language policy in primary schools. All in all, Ugandans consider English to be the way to success and a better life. Swahili as an option Swahili is an African lingua franca and shares with English the characteristics of being the most influential trans-ethnic language in East Africa. In 1972, Ladefoged estimated that 35% of Ugandans spoke Swahili...
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How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?

...introduction. Today, as scientists look for replacements for our dwindling stock of antibiotics, evolution is never far from their minds. [This colorized version of PHIL 232 depicts a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.] This colorized version of PHIL 232 depicts a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a number of Pseudomonas...
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Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...introduction to a heated debate, in ‘Environmental Policy in an International Context: Book 1’, Open University Humphreys, D. (2019) The Role of Science in climate change policy, in ‘Environmental Policy in an International Context: Book 1’, Open University Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC) (2013) ‘Summary for policy-makers’, in Climate Change...
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A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...introduction of new economic and social relationships through the political process of the wider society (and new layer) was affected by the local culture and became established as a unique combination of elements (although individual elements were also found elsewhere) and local characteristics. That new layer presents the conditions for the next layer. Through the...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...Introduction to the Programmes’, in The Open University (1985) Changing Britain, Changing World: geographical perspectives, Broadcast Handbook, Milton Keynes, The Open University Press. Jess, P. (1985) ‘TV08 Southwest Donegal: Tradition and Change’, in The Open University (1985) D205 Changing Britain, Changing World: geographical perspectives, Broadcast Handbook,...
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