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Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...articles written by other authors. It’s important that you know of your own purposes and opinions as you read these items. Additionally, you need to be able to recognise the writer's purposes and opinions. You can find more about being a critical reader by visiting the OpenLearn course How to be a critical reader. At the data collection and interpretation stage, it’s...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...article in The Guardian newspaper in 2002. Although their lives were shaped by social policy, they did not simply accept its effects. They all experienced themselves as people with needs and rights that they would pursue. We return to these stories many times, both to explore further this relationship between personal lives and social policy, and to consider what kind of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...Articles Cultural differences in mental health Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help? How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe? Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment Investigating links between pesticides and mental health Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen Audio Mental Health...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...et al. (2018) ‘Orbital and atmospheric characterization of the planet within the gap of the PDS 70 transition disk’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 617, pp. 11, EDP Sciences Figure 4: Cleeves, L. (2015) ‘Molecular signposts of the physics and chemistry of planet formation’, PhD Thesis, University of Michigan Figure 5: Armitage, P.J. (2017) ‘Lecture notes on the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...et al. (2004) use the term ‘microsystem’ to refer to this smaller unit, and they argue that it provides a conceptual and practical framework for approaching change and innovation. The concept can be used to understand any public service. So who exactly is in your ‘microsystem’ and what do you have to deliver? Service microsystems The idea of a service microsystem...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...article. (4-8) (9-14) (18-24) (24-29) (30-31) (37-38) (47-49) (55-58) (59-64) (77-79) Note that the term Flurbereinigung is used ironically in this article to refer to the consolidation of small territories. The word Gemengelage is used in an abstract sense to reflect the very multi-layered nature of regional consciousness or sense of belonging in Germany...Advanced...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...et al., 2011) As you read the case study about Anne Wakelin, note the way in which her experiences are framed by the concepts of ‘plot’ and ‘learning potential’. Two things in particular strike us with regard to this reading. First, that the teller of a life story has some choice about how their story is constructed. This is not to suggest that the person telling...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...article ‘The time of your life’ which presents some recent research on the dynamics of employee engagement in the working population of the UK. It suggests that engagement is strongly influenced by such factors as the life stage and size of companies. While reading, make some notes and consider the question: to what extent does this reflect your experience? The time...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs