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Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period

...Open University's Health and wellbeing courses and qualifications. The early days of pregnancy and new parenthood are often described as joyful, hopeful, and life affirming (Doss & Rhoades, 2017). A new baby can represent so many things, such as love, connection, and even a fresh start. Yet for many parents, this period also brings fear, confusion, and emotional upheaval...
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Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...open. As you watch the swinging pendulum, using one ‘bright’ eye and one ‘dim’ eye, the straight side-to-side motion should seem to have changed into an elliptical swing. In other words, the pendulum should appear to be tracing an oval path. This will still work perfectly well if you wear spectacles – just hold the sunglasses in front of one lens. However, if...
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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...open rather than bounded, hospitable rather than excluding, as ever-changing rather than eternal. And nothing that follows is meant to gainsay that. What I should like to explore about this imagination of place held by so many Londoners, however, is how it might be broadened out. First of all this is an internal, indeed internalised, view of the city. It is about...
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Article 15 mins
The weakness of European Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The weakness of European Wales

...Open University’s ‘Open Research Online’ repository, see here. References All EU referendum results cited in this article were taken from the Electoral Commission website: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/eu-referendum/electorate-and-count-information [1] Graham Grant, ‘New...
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Article 10 mins
Sperm counts
Nature & Environment

Sperm counts

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. [Zeron Gibson and Mike Leahy] Lab Rats Mike Leahy and Zeron Gibson Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in fact semen is far more complex than my endearing childhood image of mini tadpoles swimming around in thin wallpaper paste. There are many features of human...
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Article 15 mins
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...open. At the same time, they are still constrained and restricted by gender roles and expectations – particularly by school structures (Neary, 2021; Bragg et al., 2018). A society that is more accepting of trans and non-binary lives is open to wider possibilities for all children. This article has focused on treatment for gender dysphoria – the deep feeling that your...
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Article 10 mins
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...Open University course DA223 Investigating philosophy....What can philosophy tell us about race?: Introduction - This free course introduces you to the philosophy of race and explores the ways in which philosophy impacts our understanding of the social world. You will explore answers to two central questions: What is race? What is racism? Along the way, you will consider...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...open a bank account, enrol on a course, shop using a loyalty card, use an electronic healthcare record (EHR) and so on. Your persona consists of all of this data, whether you're aware of it or not. That is what a ‘persona’ is: a ‘picture’ of you created by various collections of data about you, such as your finances, shopping habits, interests. How much of this...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs