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Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role

...systems. The final stage of acceptance happens when they can see no more hope, leading to reconciliation with reality. If the individual can be motivated and seek new horizons and experiment at this stage, they will not continue to stay in the negative cycle of frustration, anger and disbelief. The grief that workers can feel, if they accept the situation, then accept and...
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Why we should remember the Armenians
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should remember the Armenians

...system; and here is a most glorious, sharp and quick-witted example of it. Lady-teacher asks an infant – what is the difference between Capitalism and Communism? The child answers – capitalism is the exploitation of Man by Man, and Communism is its exact reverse! A democratic election in the Armenian enclave of Karabagh (donated to Azerbaijan by Stalin) was the first...
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Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom
Languages

Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom

...system. Indicative of the new political order were statements from the authorities, the police in particular, such as “Hable el idioma del imperio”: use the language of the empire. The immediate consequence was that Catalonia lost many of the material resources for the production and reproduction of its culture. The Catalan language lost prestige in comparison with...
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Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey

...system is even more essential in design than in other disciplines. Design isn’t done in a vacuum. Ultimately, you’ll be designing for others, whether you’re pursuing a design career or integrating design principles into your existing role (a practice becoming increasingly common in healthcare, finance, government, education, and various service industries). Remote...
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Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...think about the assumptions you make in your calculations and possible sources of experimental uncertainty. Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the properties of Coulomb’s law and electrostatic force determine the force exerted on one stationary charge by another using Coulomb’s law explain some of the uncertainties and errors...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...think we should be quite stirred by his dignity and determination. On the other hand he is far lower than the three establishment figures on the rostrum and seems to be pleading with them. We have a full view of their contemptuous faces, the officer, the teacher in his academic robes, the bloated industrialist, they are probably all serving in the house of Commons or the...
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Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...thinking creatively about which professionals in the child’s network might be best placed to achieve this. This raises a number of key issues - how far will loyalty to parents or fear of talking inhibit children? Will older children be more reluctant to disclose what they see, hear, feel and experience than younger children? Key points in working with children in these...
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Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...think of the Plane trees that line the Mall in London or the Sycamore tree at Hadrian’s Wall, one of the most photographed trees in the UK. Trees also play an important role in supporting our mental as well as physical well-being. With all these benefits, you might think that urban trees are well documented, cared for and protected, but this couldn’t be further from...
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