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Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...research in this field often looks at the structures and the physical processes going on within the brain. So this approach is often referred to as being based on a ‘bio-medical’ model of mental health...Making sense of mental health problems: 2.1 Diagnostic handbooks - Figure 3 Maggie from the interactive ‘A Support Net’ which is associated with this OpenLearn...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...research and knowledge exchange between The Open University (Open University in Ireland, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Open University Library) and participants in the Time to Think archive. This includes Loyalist and Republican ex-prisoners who studied with The Open University in British and Irish prisons during the years of conflict (1972–2000), Open...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...children with learning disabilities (The Open University, 2022). This highly offensive language was used both about and to learners, and promoted an unfounded belief that children and young people who experienced mental illness, or learning difficulties, were less intelligent than others. Ethnic minority pupils were disproportionately classified as ESN, and this...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?
Society, Politics & Law

Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?

...children. It is, after all, a substantially improved stance. Not long ago, Cameron was dismissing the desperate attempts by migrants to cross from Calais to the UK as “unacceptable”. Until very recently, his sole emphasis was on blaming migrants and on fortifying Britain. [David Cameron] Cameron is also right to argue for a “comprehensive approach that tackles the...
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Article 5 mins
Ethics Bites
History & The Arts

Ethics Bites

...Warnock about the ethics dilemmas of having children. Find out more about Mary, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites. Human Use of Animals Peter Singer, possibly the most famous philosopher in the world, sparked the birth of the animal rights movement. Discover his take on the human use of animals. Find out more about Peter, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites....
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Audio 3 hrs 49 mins
Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman
Education & Development

Mistaken identity? Sharing experiences as a South Asian woman

...children’s names mixed up all the time, I often confuse them with the dog and vice-versa! However, I’m not at home or dashing madly about juggling 101 things, I’m at work where I expect people to have enough respect and interest to know my name, know that I am different to someone else of colour and have the decency to recognise when they have got it wrong and...
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Article 5 mins
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...Research Centre (2024) presents the following: PLATFORM % WHITE USERS % BLACK USERS % HISPANIC USERS % ASIAN USERS (ENGLISH SPEAKING) Facebook 70 73 69 65 LinkedIn 33 34 24 50 Instagram 45 52 59 62 TikTok 26 50 48 31 Other ideas for brand promotion Does your organisation have a dedicated careers website or webpage? This could be a very relevant place to share important...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...research is still in its infancy. While researching for this project it was obvious that more research and evaluation is necessary to ascertain the impact of hiring African and Caribbean coaches to their national teams in comparison to White coaches from the Global North. It is only in recent times that coaches of African and Caribbean heritage have been given the...
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Article 5 mins