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Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...et al., 2016). These changes mean that patients have less waiting and inconvenience than in the past, but they also signify that professional practice has changed. In the example of the fingerprick test, we can see that a health and social care worker may need to be aware of these changes, and some may have to offer and support these new diagnostic tests (for example, a...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...axes. The first axis runs from dominance to submission, and the important thing about this axis is whatever you give you invite the opposite response. So say I'm being dominant in conversation in a lecture theatre, for example. I'm giving a lecture, and it's to a crowded room. Me talking all the time and dominating the conversation invites submission from the people...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...et al. (2018) found that swimming training with a parachute (speed resistance) improved swimming speed. Speed training can be progressed by increasing the volume (the demand that the athlete places on their body), load (resist movement or increase height in plyometrics) or frequency (number of sessions per week) of training. Speed resistance training, as with the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Developing business ideas for drone technologies Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...et al., 2022), for instance the industry segment of agricultural drones or the industry segment of logistics drones. Despite much of the drone market still being in its infancy, PwC forecasts that, in the UK, agricultural and logistics drones will see the largest gains from the adoption of drone applications by 2030, with other growing industry segments including defence,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...et al., 2007; Collins, 2008). If social work is such a stressful occupation, what helps social workers to survive, and even thrive? This is a question which researchers have been keen to explore. According to Beddoe et al. (2013, p. 102), research indicates that resiliency is supported by: factors that reside within individuals factors that reside in the organisational...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...et al. (2018) indicate that, since 2006, in Britain generic work-based skills such as using a computer and complex problem-solving skills have increased continually whereas literacy and numeracy skills have stagnated. Further, from 1986 to 2017 jobs that required no qualification upon entry moved from 38% to 23% and jobs requiring higher level qualifications moved from...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...et al 2001; 2010). They may embed this practice within the wider school culture by encouraging colleagues who work alongside them to work in these ways and seek to build processes that enable it to happen more widely. Another example is the way leadership can arise by showing respect for other people’s perspectives. In another course within this series (see Leadership...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...et al., 2013; Law and Perryman, 2015). Today, OpenLearn’s audience is global, and its video content is also shared on YouTube, collectively reaching over 14 million people a year, rising to 22 million during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity, now a business-as-usual function for the OU, has been researched and evaluated to investigate the...
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