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The delivery service to fix your brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The delivery service to fix your brain

...Open University PhD student Conor McQuaid explains one way in which scientists can target the delivery of drugs...Delivery/Targeting When you order a pizza, they need to know your address and have some way of getting to that exact place or else your neighbour could end up enjoying that cheesy goodness. We have the same issue with certain drugs, in that we need to get it...
Mental health: Tips for mates
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health: Tips for mates

...tremors, drowsiness, weight loss/gain, tiredness, headaches, stiff muscles, clumsiness, confusion, - and that's just for starters! If they do suffer, be supportive. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?
Society, Politics & Law

Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?

...systems thinking growing, we are doing all we can to provide people with opportunities to learn about how it works and what it can do to help. We have created this hub as part of that response, to showcase some of the many teaching resources we have developed over the years. You can learn more about the history of systems thinking at The Open University in this article....
Stay connected: supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay connected: supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology

...Open University’sHealth and Social Care courses and qualifications. In this series of videos, people with learning disabilities and their support workers share their experiences of providing and receiving support to use everyday technologies. This includes tablets and mobile phones to access applications such as the YouTube and Zoom. The interviewees highlight the...
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Alzheimer's disease?

...treatment to alleviate or reduce the damaging effects of this disease. Various treatments and preventive measures are being investigated, including the use of hormone replacement therapy, vaccines, and substances that aim to break down the protein deposits in the brain. Extracted from The Open University course Understanding Health. You might also be interested in:...
South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future
Health, Sports & Psychology

South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future

...Open University...Introduction Dr. Geraldine Boyle and her colleagues are carrying out research into the experiences of South Asian young adult carers living in England as they transition (or progress) to adulthood. They told us about who they care for, what this involves and how they manage this role alongside family life, education and paid jobs. We learned about the...
What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...Open University [Some people doing vaguely business-related things] These are clearly stock image people. What would it take to make them an organisation? Henry Mintzberg, writing in The Structure of Organizations, came up with this diagram as a way of explaining what makes an organisation: [Mintzberg’s five components of organisation] What is the Strategic Apex? At the...
Design and Designing
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Designing

...Open University course T211 Design and designing... Design and designing A short introduction to this album Introduction to drawing Controlling fingers and wrist to draw shapes and letters. Shading and toning Using pencil shading to show tone. Modeling a chair How to make a cardboard model of a chair from a cereal carton. Making a cd case How to make a CD case using...