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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...et al., 2017). However, some commentators have been more cautious about adopting the positive model of health implied by the term wellbeing. Drawing attention to the emphasis on ‘complete … wellbeing’ in the WHO definition, at least one writer criticised this model at the start of the millennium for presenting an idealistic counsel of perfection that ‘puts health...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...adapted extract from the Open University course DD213 Environment and society....Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements: Introduction - Wildfire is fire out of human control. More specifically, the United Nations Environment Programme has defined wildfires as ‘an unusual or extraordinary free-burning vegetation fire which may be started maliciously,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...adapted extract from the Open University course A893 MA English Literature Part 1....Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction: Introduction - English Literature reached new mass audiences in Britain in the first decades of the twentieth century, as widespread literacy, and a lack of competition from other media – cinema and radio were in their infancy –...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...adapt and evolve to ensure they meet the needs of their end users, stakeholders and staff to ensure they thrive and succeed. The COVID-19 pandemic forced accelerated change throughout the world, which could not be planned for, and rapid change programmes where implemented. As we adapt to hybrid ways of working and expectations, organisations are drawing on their...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

...traditions, global perspectives ask us to search for commonalities, mixing, overlaps, and dialogues between the 'Western' and the 'non-Western'. What commonalities and dialogues did you see in the examples shown in the episode? Were there also elements that demonstrated how local artists adapted and transformed ‘foreign’ motifs or styles and made them their own?...
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Article 5 mins
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...adapted extract from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Social media and networks in health and social care: Introduction - The focus of this course, Social media and networks in health and social care, will be on the concept of internet safety and the possible advantages and disadvantages the internet offers you in terms of health and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers
Education & Development

Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers

...et al., 2024). Barriers from individual teacher reader identities and varied school experiences may also need to be addressed (Hendry, 2022). Supporting new teachers begins by investigating their starting points in the knowledge of texts as well as their expectations of RfP pedagogy. Participants considered how they currently get to know new teachers as readers and...
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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...et al., 2017, p. 27). An effective TI organisation must have embedded values of physical and emotional safety, trust, choice, collaboration and empowerment (Fallot and Harris, 2009). Workforce trauma must be ‘recognised and supported, whether that stems from childhood adversity, adult trauma, or directly or indirectly through work’ (Gillespie-Smith et al., 2018, p....
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