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Displaced children of our time
Education & Development

Displaced children of our time

...human crisis of forced migration is one of the greatest political and social issues of our time. The effects of war, poverty and climate change have led millions of people across the world to flee their homes, in search of a safer, better life elsewhere: 65.6 million people are displaced from home today (UNHCR). Developing countries in fact host 80% of the world’s...
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Article 10 mins
Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...human, animal and plant motifs in red, green, black and white glass beads and outlined with small metal staples.] Three-legged carved wooden stool with circular seat “My philosophy in development, is like the traditional African stool, which is comprised of seat and three legs. The first leg represents democratic space, where rights – whether human, women’s,...
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Writing from the heart
Education & Development

Writing from the heart

...resource and they recalled and re-voiced tales and incidents related to (for example) family practices around names and naming, their memories of childhood, old school chums, particular pieces of clothing and their own, their parents’ or grandparents’ homes. Additionally, as part of the extended process of writing in short periods of supported freewriting (or ‘Just...
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Article 10 mins
Cyborgs and cybernetics
Science, Maths & Technology

Cyborgs and cybernetics

...human advances or a Hollywood-style nightmare in which human beings have become a sub-species? Could we one day download our minds? This album gives an insight into the development of cybernetics and how it is used to fuse technology and humanity. The interfaces that communicate between man and machine are developing rapidly and to Prof. Kevin Warwick at Reading...
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Audio 12 mins
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...human rights protection in relation to modern slavery, but also encourage an appreciation of the influence of International Human Rights Law on the development of the domestic system of human rights protection...This free course, Modern slavery, is designed to develop an understanding of the international system of human rights protection in relation to modern slavery,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...resources collated by the Black student and Mental Health declarations working group set up as part of The Open University’s Access and Participation Plan...We did it! The role of study support in student success Transcript ‘We did it! The role of study support in student success’ was created by Suki Haider, Alice Uwizera, Allan Kavuma, John Butcher, Rehana Awan and...
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Video 10 mins
Communication in the healthcare sector
Education & Development

Communication in the healthcare sector

...resource can help you understand effective communication in Health and Social Care...Types of communication in the healthcare sector [Communication in the healthcare sector page images] This is a resource that highlights forms of communication in Health and Social Care. The resource applies to students studying level 3 concepts in the field such as Principles and Contexts...
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Activity 5 mins
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...human population growth and levels of resource consumption of those populations. The Earth Overshoot Day website reminds us about the relation of resource consumption to what the Earth can provide on a sustainable basis. This is called ‘ecological overshoot’. Humanity is using nature 1.8 times faster than our planet’s biocapacity can regenerate. The massive increase...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs