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Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the needs and experiences of people with a learning disability who are getting older, including people who may at times display behaviours that challenge others describe the components of excellent care for people who are getting older with a learning disability apply the components of excellent care to the people...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...Studying Mammals: Plant Predators 3: Britney Spears' and Kevin Federline's marriage Transcript After three months of dating, American popstar Britney Spears and dancer Kevin Federline (known as K-Fed) announced their engagement in July 2004. This received lots of media attention because Federline had recently broken up with actress Shar Jackson, who was still pregnant...
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Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?
Society, Politics & Law

Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?

...study, they have touched more than 60 countries. Due to geographical proximity, historic relationship and broader trading links, China has played an unparalleled role in these networks. Many middlemen and procurement agents have operated in China, and increasingly – as the country’s private sector develops – its manufacturers have been a source of technology. A...
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What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...study the Fed. The Taylor rule states that the Fed should establish short-term interest rates using a mathematical formula. It would use the current rate as a starting point and then factor in data tied to inflation and GDP, both based on the difference between the actual figures and the bank’s targets. Inflation is an important variable because price changes impact...
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The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup
Science, Maths & Technology

The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup

...study showed that very experienced engineers could correctly predict the stability of a soil slope in 80% of cases without any calculations. Less experienced engineers were only successful in 66% of cases and untrained students were successful in 49%. Students could increase their success rate to 64% after a training exercise. But although fairly good predictions could be...
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What does the anatomy of World records reveal?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does the anatomy of World records reveal?

...women, is likely to stimulate standards to continue to progress. Changing rules, changing technology and sports’ spread to new populations around the World suggests the anatomy of World records reveals as much about society as it does about human bodies. Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related course Sporting heroes Study with the OU...
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Researching cycling in the US & the UK
Society, Politics & Law

Researching cycling in the US & the UK

...who are studying it in different places, they’d almost miss out on something that their participants are finding an important part of why they’re doing cycling, because they’ve lived in San Francisco, they’ve lived in Holland or at least they’ve been on a business trip there. So I think it’s something that’s going to keep coming back throughout my work....
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The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...Studies qualification. Emojis are a product of the digital communications revolution. They were designed specifically to help with mobile and online communication, and are also generated by this new technology themselves. So will they adapt to new forms of communication technology on the horizon? Or will we soon be looking back at them as a nostalgic fad tied to a...
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