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FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM: Mental Health impact and CBT

...course. Targeted trauma informed mental health services including cognitive behavioural therapy are essential for improving FGM survivors’ wellbeing...Background to FGM‑related mental health problems Female genital mutilation (FGM) can cause significant lifelong emotional and psychological distress, particularly with Type 2 and Type 3 FGM (Abdalla and Galea, 2019)....
Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?

...course, but still recognisable. Or maybe some combination of economic, social and environmental apocalypse will cause the collapse of existing infrastructure and telecommunications will be back to pencil and paper or something even more primitive. As many people have pointed out, it is hard to make predictions, especially about the future. Hamza Bendemra Research...
Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials

...courses. Systems thinking practitioners at the OU have supported and developed the use of a range of diagramming techniques as the principal tools through which visual modelling and communication can happen. The following diagramming techniques each have videos providing animated tutorials – one video describing What the technique is and at least one other video...
Rhyolite
Science, Maths & Technology

Rhyolite

...courses and qualifications Rhyolite is a fine-grained extrusive igneous rock or volcanic rock. It is pale coloured, often light grey, tan or pinkish. Rhyolite is made up of quartz and feldspar crystals, and occasionally contains some mafic (dark coloured) minerals. Usually the crystals are too small to see without magnification, but occasionally contains larger crystals,...
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Write around the world - the map!
History & The Arts

Write around the world - the map!

Travel right around the world in the company of books..._Find out more about The Open University's Creative writing courses and qualifications. _ Discover birthplaces and resting-places of authors and the stories behind their books. Go long-haul to a palace in 11th century Japan, and staycation in a converted garage in 20th century Wales. Peep into writers’ bedrooms...
Inuit Throat Singing
History & The Arts

Inuit Throat Singing

...course AA317, Words and music... Inuit Throat Singing A short introduction to this album. Tanya Tagaq – Throat Singing The background to throat singing and an example song – husky slipping on ice Learning throat singing How Culture within Singing What Tanya's singing means to her, and how her culture is encapsulated within it. The sounds of throat singing Exploring...
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...course B324 Marketing and society... Social marketing A short introduction to the album. What is social marketing? Michaela Firth in conversation with Gerard Hastings. Critical marketing Terry O'Sullivan in conversation with Gerard Hastings. Ethics and advertising Tom Farrell in conversation with Gerard Hastings. Evaluating social marketing programmes Michaela Firth in...
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Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...of The Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... How English is English literature? Can we still consider English literature English? What is English literature? Authors discuss the literature they were exposed to as children. New voices During the wave of independence many writers from the de-colonised countries began to have their work published....