2,315 search results
Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle

...Health, 8(9): e1152–e1161. Bloomer, F., Pierson, C., MacNamara, N., Mackle, D a Trew, J. D. (2017) Abortion as a Workplace Issue: A Trade Union Survey North & South of Ireland. Ar gael yn:https://www.unison-ni.org.uk/sites/default/files/TU%20Abortion%20Report%20Oct9_Final_Final_Edit.pdf (Accessed: 3 June 2024). Bloomer, F. K., Mackle, D., MacNamara, N., Pierson, C. a...
View article Stigma erthyliad a'r gweithle
Article 5 mins
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...health care assistant in paediatrics and was interested in progression and wanted to take on more responsibility when her Trust launched a pilot programme for the NA apprenticeship. Initially it was only for those working in adult nursing. However, as the NA programme is not a specific field, she applied and was accepted on the programme in 2019. Amy was the first NA to...
View article Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Article 5 mins
Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...health records – and hold it in vast databases, where it can then be put to many uses. Many commentators argue that, while human societies have always created data, digital technologies are now gathering it as a speed and volume that is unprecedented historically. Some scholars and campaigners, however, are worried that, while we're very familiar with digital screens...
View article Seeing the internet
Article 10 mins
The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...Health, Social Care and Wellbeing. Approximately 70% of the Open University students consider that their degree is of value, with e-authenticated exams, and respected by external stakeholders such as employers (Figure 2). More than 65% of teaching staff in Europe, including from the OU, think that the e-authentication technology is easy to use and enables them to produce...
View article The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Article 5 mins
Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...Health, Liberty or Possessions’. For Locke then, people thrive when they come together as citizens through a social contract, consenting to be governed in return for the guaranteed protection of their rights. Which all sounds rather promising. You can hear the voice of Locke when you listen to the words of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776): ‘We hold...
View article Should we read John Locke today?
Article 10 mins
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...health, as it could mean the heart does not fill up with enough blood before contracting. The normal heart rhythm is controlled by an electrical signal, triggered by a small set of cells called the sinoatrial node; which set in motion the signal that passes through the heart via the atrioventricular node. This signal is responsible for triggering events in the cell, such...
View article Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Article 10 mins
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...public preoccupied with death and the afterlife. Irish Famine Monument. Source: Wikimedia Commons Even in times of plenty and free of disease, the macabre was never far away in nineteenth century Ireland. The design of Glasnevin cemetery, built in Dublin in the 1830s, featured high walls and watchtowers so that armed guards might deter and detect the practice of...
View article Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
Article 45 mins
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...publications to those more commonly used in scientific publications, you need to be able to convert 'barrels' into standard SI units of mass and volume. Converting quantities of oil quoted in barrels to litres is relatively straightforward, since one barrel of oil contains a volume of 159 litres. To convert from barrels to tonnes is slightly trickier as it depends on...
View course Living without oil
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs