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...University account will still exist; if you would like that account deleted, please follow this link http://www.open.ac.uk/contact/new and fill in the form. There is an option under 'Subject of query' called 'Delete online account', if you tick this box your request will be forwarded to the correct department. You can read about how we handle your personal data in our...
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Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Job Change and the Grief Cycle: The effects of losing our job or changing work role

...University's Psychology courses and qualifications Psychological contract When we go to work, we have a set of expectations about how and what our employment relationship will be with our employer and colleagues, added to our employment contract. This is what psychologists call a psychological contract (Rousseau and Tijoriwala, 1998). These unwritten expectations form the...
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Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia
History & The Arts

Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia

...University of New South Wales, I devoted my honours research to this topic. My thesis explored the identities and lived experiences of Australian Lebanese-Muslim women with hearing impairment and investigated if they perceive their hearing loss as a ‘blessing’ or a ‘curse’. This thesis also aimed to raise awareness and break the strong cultural stigma associated...
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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...university website. FGM specific resources The National FGM Centre Support Clinics https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/national-fgm-support-clinics/ NSPCC https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/types-of-abuse/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/ Childline
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The biology of loving our pets
Science, Maths & Technology

The biology of loving our pets

...University of Edinburgh also found differences in humans and how we respond to animals and our pets. They looked at the gene for oxytocin and its different variants (Connor et al., 2018). They then surveyed 161 students and found that students who showed the most compassion and empathy for animals had a specific variant of the oxytocin gene. Meaning that there may be a...
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Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...University course DD126 Economics in context...Understanding economic inequality: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what economic inequality is know what determines economic inequality understand why inequality matters for society know some of the proposed solutions to inequality understand some of the measures of economic...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...Guide for Beginning Teachers, Maidenhead, Open University Press, pp. 217–34. Frank, M. (2011) ‘The pillars of the self-concept: self-esteem and self-efficacy’. Excel at Life blogpost, available at https://www.excelatlife.com/articles/selfesteem.htm Joseph, S. (2018) ‘How to deal with setbacks and challenges’, Psychology Today [Online]. Available at...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(50), 15468-15473. Jordan-Young, R. M., 2010. Brain storm: The flaws in the science of sex differences. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. This article was written with expert input from Joseph de Lappe, research student at The Open University. More on superheroes...
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