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Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...managers by Industry Week magazine found recession-battered stalwarts of major firms low on morale and gloomy about the future. This, concluded the magazine, was very much a winter of discontent. 1985 The BBC had a go at refreshing the cliche, trying to paint a soggy late summer bank holiday as a "summer of discontent" (with Ian McCaskill apparently afraid to even tell...
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CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...manage emotions, build relationships, seize opportunities and make responsible decisions. SEL has been promoted by CASEL (1994) and conceptualised by scholars such as Dewey, Vygotsky and Goleman, all of whom emphasise the importance of relationships, emotions and social interaction in learning. In crisis-adaptive contexts, our studies reconceptualise SEL as an evolving,...
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Rheoli amser ac astudio
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rheoli amser ac astudio

...management] ‘Does dim dianc rhag y ffaith y gall bywyd fod yn brysur iawn a bod llawer i’w jyglo. Gall Cynlluniwr Amser Y Brifysgol Agored eich helpu chi weld yn union sut allwch chi wneud amser i astudio o gwmpas eich ymrwymiadau eraill. Drwy ddefnyddio cynlluniwr, gallwch amserlennu popeth sy’n digwydd, pob apwyntiad a thasg fel nad ydych chi’n mynd yn brin o...
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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...management agreement, training courses, mentoring). If an action plan is too far from the coachee’s current knowledge, skills or situation, then they may become discouraged and demotivated. Moreover, when designing actions, a crucial aspect is that coachee has the responsibility for carrying these out. Therefore, the coach can make a difference by helping coachees...
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Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...Introduction - In this free course, Social psychology and politics, you will look at how social psychology can help you to better understand politics. You will explore how and why people engage with politics, e.g. through social movements, protests and activism. You might be asking yourself: why would a social psychologist be interested in all of this, rather than a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...Introduction - It is now over 70 years since the publication of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four – a terrifying dystopian novel in which a totalitarian state maintains psychological and physical control over a joyless, fearful population. Totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a political system in which order is imposed on the population through ideological...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...Introduction - This course offers a fascinating overview of the 'big ideas' that have shaped physics from the time of Kepler to the present day. Using little mathematics, the course surveys fundamental features of key physical theories and provides the essential context for the further study of physics. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...manager in a mental health facility and Alan is a trained chef who is currently not working. Although they are very different as individuals, the audio clearly reveals how seriously panic can affect anyone’s life. Listen to the following audio and then answer the question below. NATALIE I just thought I was going mad – TIM Yeah – definitely ALAN Yeah – definitely...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs