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Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...care provides the context of the experiences associated with the end of life. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Health & Social Care. If you find this course interesting, take a look at the Open University course K220 Death, Dying and Bereavement. Alternatively, you can explore the related OpenLearn course, An introduction to death, dying and...
FGM law and ethics in the UK and Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM law and ethics in the UK and Ireland

...care professionals. International Conventions FGM is prohibited under several key international human rights conventions, including: The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1981) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (1990) The Istanbul Convention (2014) FGM violates fundamental...
Supporting women musicians in the workplace
History & The Arts

Supporting women musicians in the workplace

...caring responsibilities – disproportionately affected. By thinking about how you can foster inclusive practices, you can help to change this. Every year, thousands of women leave the workplace. Losing these women is bad for them, bad for the industry, and bad for the economy. Many of these women could be supported to stay, if offered appropriate flexibility and...
Putting the child before the player
Health, Sports & Psychology

Putting the child before the player

...with the text Putting the child before the player on it] This interactive series of short films is suitable to be studied by children over 13 years of age. We recommend that children are supervised by a responsible adult before viewing the content. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
Drugs and the law: Legal highs
Society, Politics & Law

Drugs and the law: Legal highs

...adults between the ages of 16 and 59 took an illicit drug in the last year. They also show that 2.6 per cent of adults aged 16–59 had taken a class A drug in the last year, which equates to approximately 850,000 people. Cannabis was the most commonly used drug, with 6.4 per cent of adults using it over the previous year. However there has been a long standing...
Why the size of your plate might be making you overweight
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why the size of your plate might be making you overweight

...adults or 29% among US adults. [Woman drinking from a double-sized cup] The Double-Sized Big Gulp cup was a marketing gimmick - but could large-sized cups, plates and packages be encouraging us to over-eat? Overeating increases the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and many cancers, which are among the leading causes of ill health and premature death. However, the extent...
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...Care, People Care & Fair Share.]Figure 1 The Permaculture FlowerShow descriptionIn the centre of the image are three core principles: care for Earth, care for people and fair share. The second layer of the 'flower' is seven categories: land and nature stewardship, built environment, tools and technology, culture and education, health and spiritual wellbeing, finance and...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...adult child. As time passes, parents themselves are likely to become less able to care. This may then impact on siblings, who by this time may have children of their own. You will learn more about the situation of autistic adults in Week 7...Week 6: Family life and education: 1.5 Family resilience - Families with one or more autistic members have often been noted as...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs