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Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...Scotland to get a detailed idea about the experiences of healthcare staff during a digital intervention. Activity 3 Delving into problems with digital interventions In this activity, you will be asked to read the findings of an intervention study and then reflect on them. The article, ‘Telemonitoring for chronic heart failure: the views of patients and healthcare...
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...Scotland. Scotland’s 2015 Community Empowerment Act outlines a number of key rights which local communities can claim: [Described image] Source: (Development Trusts NI, no date.) Figure 2 Community Empowerment Act (2015) Scotland In a similar vein, the 2011 Localism Act in England highlights the importance of the right to challenge as being crucial to community...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...Scotland to achieve that. So I think we still have a long way to go. And the control that is exerted over women's bodies is something we need to fight against. Video 1 Discussion In the video several ‘click your fingers’ examples are provided in relation to women’s health, for instance: If men were magically given periods, they would experience the pain and...
Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...Scotland and Sweden and use innovative dialogical techniques within interviews and focus groups. The research uses policy statements, images, news articles and videos which work as stimulus materials to bring citizens into dialogue with the latest policy and discursive governance. These materials relate to the actions of national and supra-national government institutions...
Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...Scotland in 1855, and in Ireland in 1864. Local registries were established, and each event generated an official certificate that recorded relevant information. For example, birth certificates contain the name of the child, the date and place of birth, the name and occupation of the father, the name and maiden name of the mother, and the address of the informant (usually...
Life on the wall: Vindolanda
History & The Arts

Life on the wall: Vindolanda

...Scotland, they constructed a timber fort half way along their supply road running from sea to sea, between modern Newcastle and Carlisle. They called it Vindolanda, probably putting into Latin a native name for the place that meant ‘white meadows’ or something similar. Over the next 320 years Vindolanda was almost continuously occupied by a variety of Roman army...
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
Society, Politics & Law

The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911

...Scotland in 1864, starting the assembly of sewing machines at a small factory just off John Street in Glasgow. Growing demand for their machines led them to transfer production to a new plant in Bridgeton before constructing a massive new factory on a greenfield site in Clydebank (population around 5,000) between 1882 and 1884. Within a year of production starting in...
The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The OU mission statement is to be ‘Open to people, places, methods and ideas’ . The OU has an open access policy, supporting learners from a diverse range of backgrounds including those from the lowest socio-economic backgrounds, carers, disabled people, first in family or those with low prior educational qualifications. Many...