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Five tips for relaxing during difficult times
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips for relaxing during difficult times

...working life in NHS mental health services, here are five tips that I believe will help in terms of relaxing. 1: Remember it is different strokes for different folks… [A zero to ten gauge registering at ten - isolated on a white background] Firstly, there is no one relaxation technique that will work effectively for everyone. That is why facilitated relaxation sessions...
Children's University - Free online courses
Education & Development

Children's University - Free online courses

...Work through the course at your own pace. When you finish the course, you can download a certificate or a digital badge to prove you have completed it. Send this certificate or badge to your Children's University provider. You should also state how many hours the course took in order to determine how many stamps you should receive. Find out more about Children's...
Why do a project as part of your study?
Education & Development

Why do a project as part of your study?

...work independently. By putting some of the control in your hands, we create a different study experience and a different way to learn some very valuable skills. But it can take some getting used to. Projects take different forms. You will probably do some small projects as an assignment in a module, either on your own, or working together with your fellow students. You...
Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...work at the Curie Institute in Paris developed the technique of implanting a small radioactive material into a tumour which is known as brachytherapy and is used to treat certain cancers. It is noteworthy that in 1935 their daughter Irène along with her husband Frédéric Joliot were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their synthesis of new radioactive...
Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
Health, Sports & Psychology

Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse

...work. To be a good nurse one must be a good woman, here we shall all agree. It is the old, old story. But some of us are new to the start. What is it to be "like a woman"? "Like a woman" - "a very woman" is sometimes laid as a word of contempt: sometimes as a word of tender admiration. What makes a good woman is the better or higher of their nature: Quietness Gentleness...
Midlife MOT
Money & Business

Midlife MOT

This collection of resources will help you take your Midlife MOT learning further, building on the areas of wealth, wellbeing and work to create a happy and secure future.
Neurodiversity Hub
Education & Development

Neurodiversity Hub

Exploring how minds work differently and brilliantly. This hub brings together free OpenLearn courses, articles and personal stories on autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more.
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...working on tapestries and theatre lighting. In this course, you will be using computation and algorithms not just as tools, but as a way to think about design. The logic of algorithms is different from human logic and processes. Thinking with algorithms changes how designers work. Algorithmic ways of thinking have spawned algorithmic art as well as computer games and...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs