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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

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Living at home, planning ahead: Introduction - Many adults with learning disabilities between the ages of 18 and 64 live with their families, for example over 30% in England and Scotland and over 50% in Wales (NHS Digital, 2022; StatWales, 2023; SCLD, 2019)....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...in the wake of damning evidence that the careful systems of governance built up within the NHS don’t protect us from profound organisational failure, the awkward outsider who asks annoying questions starts to look like a resource we can’t do without. This contribution has been commissioned for an editorial partnership between Participation Now and openDemocracy.net....
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Article 10 mins
Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...resources in Welsh. It all started when I saw The Crown – some of the dialogue in the episode was in Welsh, it was about the Prince of Wales – and that was the first time I heard the language. The sound was so captivating that I decided I wanted to start learning it, so an interest in the Welsh language is what led me to OpenLearn,’ Sara explained. Sara not only...
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Article 5 mins
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...opening statement in her report on Jimmy Savile’s years abusing girls, boys, women and men at the BBC, Dame Janet Smith refers to a “macho culture” as an important element that enabled Savile to get away with decades of criminal behaviour. She may have absolved the BBC of institutional responsibility, but director general Tony Hall has accepted that the question of...
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Article 5 mins
Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...opens doors to cultures, have you found that the languages you speak helped you get to know other cultures or people better? Reeta Chakrabarti: Yes, very much so, very much so. You can get under the skin of a culture in the way that you can’t if you don’t speak the language, and you can make connections with people, have very immediate connections with them if you...
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Why the Duke of Edinburgh's retirement was a masterclass in media management
History & The Arts

Why the Duke of Edinburgh's retirement was a masterclass in media management

...opens Mid Kent College, 1955] Philip opens a college in Kent in 1955 Buckingham Palace’s announcement that Prince Philip is retiring in the autumn is a masterclass in triggering media spectacle. Media industries around the world instantly went into meltdown over what is actually a fairly minor revelation: a 96-year-old man will retire. But following the event as it...
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