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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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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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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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Can dogs read their owners' emotions?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can dogs read their owners' emotions?

...humans consider appropriate and perhaps even desirable – scientific evidence and explanation for this ability has mostly been elusive. However, a new study, published in the journal Biology Letters, suggests that dogs really can recognise emotions in both humans and other dogs using visual and audio cues. Scientists have already documented chimpanzees' and Rhesus...
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Studying mammals: Food for thought
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Food for thought

...humans related? And where does the extinct Homo erectus fit into the puzzle? In this free course, Studying mammals: Food for thought, we will examine culture, tool use and social structure in both apes and humans to gain an understanding of where we come from and why we behave as we do. This is the tenth course in the Studying mammals series...Who were our ancestors? How...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Do animals have sex for fun?
Nature & Environment

Do animals have sex for fun?

...humans are the only animal to experience sexual pleasure; that we approach sex in a way that is distinct from others. As with many questions about sex, this exposes some interesting facts about the way we discuss the subject. [Snails having sex] On one level, the question of whether humans and nonhumans experience sex in the same way is fairly simply dismissed: how would...
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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
Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Artificial intelligence: implications for social work writing

...resources. Widespread use of new tools such as Magic Notes are now common with the aim of reducing the time needed and improving the quality of writing. Technological support in recording can be helpful but there are some challenges. Research shows that AI is not yet reliable in predicting risk or reflecting the nuances of language and context that are essential within...
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