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...out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Becoming a widow When my husband Alan was dying, one of the thoughts that haunted me every day I cared for him was: soon I would become a widow. I was 60 and Alan was 63 when on 21 November 2017 he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. We had met in 2006 and married in 2014 and neither...

...out of control? How much control do you think you have? Locus of control is a term coined by Julian Rotter in the 1960s as part of his social learning theory. It refers to the belief in how much control people think they have over our own lives. You can complete a test here to see if you have an internal or external locus of control: Am I in control? As an individual...

...out more about The Open University’s Social work qualifications. Transcript Child criminal exploitation takes a variety of forms and there is confusion about what it encompasses – for instance, does it include children as well as young people? In short, it does, because in law children are defined as all those under 18 years of age. The concern about child criminal...

...out there, continuing to hurt them." "I had a telephone call from the head of CID in Leicestershire, explaining that they had a murder that they hadn't been able to solve and would it be possible for me to look at what had happened and perhaps give some advice about the characteristics of the offender." Paul believes that in order to cope with the horrific scenes that can...

...out of our control and how much we rely on people at the top sorting it out. The public can see how difficult it is with the change of rule but all we can do is give it our best. “I was coming down the home straight, we were not far away and you can see how close it is. That is encouraging. We will work hard and aim to come back even stronger.” Read at The Guardian:...