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Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...courses and qualifications. I have been working in the realms of everyday community creativity and diversity for a while now. When I began to experience symptoms 16 years ago, I found myself needing new strategies and knowledge in order to improve my experience of daily life. At first it did not occur to me to connect my creative practice (largely singing) with this...
Business Bursts: Supply chain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Supply chain

...course we can’t hold that volume of stock on site; we can’t react from our stores in order to be able to build that variety, our suppliers have to help us. They have to be just as flexible as we are, being able to supply to our customer requirements in the order that we pull it. That means that they have to be able to call different production schedules and different...
Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?

...course, that Trumpism doesn’t make an unexpected come-back at some stage. But even if the term itself does dwindle in popularity, what isn’t likely to diminish is the impact of the phenomenon it originally described. The issues of how reliable information gets pushed out by false information, of how news reporting can be corrupted by propaganda, of how we manage the...
Not intervening as a form of care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Not intervening as a form of care

...course of action, or broader aspects of care. We focused on palliative care teams in a London hospital and surrounding community who look after people who are dying or living with serious illness. These teams are frequently brought in when other medical specialists feel there is “nothing more” they can offer, especially when the patient is nearing the end of their...
Writing for pleasure?
Education & Development

Writing for pleasure?

...knowledge. Balance of course is key, although it is genuinely challenging to explore form and freedom, structure and innovation in the teaching and learning of writing. But without attention to the art and craft of writing and to children’s attitudes, preferences, pleasures and perceptions of themselves as writers, we won’t be developing children who choose to write....
Introduction to Working with Young People
Education & Development

Introduction to Working with Young People

...course E131 Introduction to working with young people... Music at the Madcap Centre Young people explore their musical abilities with Steve, a musician with a talent for working with young people.. Making Music Together Recording a DJ set, designing a cd cover, and a guitar lesson. Behind the scenes the facilitators discuss the group's teamwork. Cooler than School...
Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...course K203 Working for health... Working for health A short introduction to this album. Radical midwives London midwives talk about their rebellion against new practices within the NHS, and why they set up the Association of Radical Midwives. Gene activists Activists challenge the safety claims and the science behind the commercial exploitation of GM technology....
Audio 2 hrs 33 mins
This Student Life
OpenLearn Ireland

This Student Life

...course? What are the challenges of being a modern student? This Student Life is a drama following three students through their experiences on DD102. Each episode takes a look at life from the perspective of contemporary students studying social sciences... Welcome to the OU Our three students are preparing to enter the world of study. A journey begins Studying gets...