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Being heard
Education & Development

Being heard

...mental health. I spent over twenty years teaching adolescents in Secondary and Higher Education. The air of each classroom was dense with hormones and possibility, but it is also a hugely challenging time of life. I feel I shall always have more to learn about mental health in this time of change and growth. Inclusion and belonging for those with learning disabilities. I...
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Why learning disability nurses are essential – and how you can become one
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why learning disability nurses are essential – and how you can become one

...wellbeing, and accessible health information managing specialist interventions related to complex health needs. This blend of advocacy, clinical skill, creativity and compassion is what makes learning disability nursing a deeply rewarding career. Challenging inequalities People with learning disabilities face some of the starkest health inequalities in the UK. Research...
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Can we design places to combat loneliness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we design places to combat loneliness?

...mental health. In 2018, the UK government identified loneliness as a public policy priority, and there have been reports that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased levels in multiple countries. Understanding what drives and alleviates loneliness is therefore a pressing question for researchers and policy makers. Dr. Laura McGrath from the School of Psychology and...
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...wellbeing and mental health - it's called The Race and Ethnicity Hub and is definitely worth exploring. THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL Some of our content would make Queen Victoria turn in her grave – check out our animations on Sperm 101 below. We also touch on important subjects people find morbid like death and dying. See this free course An Introduction to Death, Dying and...
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...mental health (see below). Transcripts SYNDICATION AND OTHER SITES We have our sister site OpenLearn Create, which is more international with 48% of users from India and another large chunk from Tanzania and Nigeria. Our YouTube channel has a whopping 291,000 subscribers – the most on any UK university YouTube account. We have a Facebook and Twitter account with over...
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A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence
Health, Sports & Psychology

A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence

...mental health...Our Book of the Month is The Luzhin Defence. Its author, Vladimir Nabokov, was born in St Petersburg in 1899. Later the family moved to Berlin, and Nabokov subsequently went on to study at Cambridge University. His father was murdered by a Russian monarchist in 1922. Back in Berlin after graduating, Nabokov worked as a translator, tutor, tennis coach, and...
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Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
Education & Development

Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed

...mental health problems, was found dead in her cell at Holloway prison. She had been a victim of police violence a few years earlier. This article explores the injustice in the Criminal Justice System experienced by black women. ...Background: police violence against black women In response to the death of George Floyd who was killed in 2020 by a US police officer kneeling...
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Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...health comes first, […] but as an elite athlete, it is very demotivating and mentally tough. I'm a very positive person but the idea, right now, of having to devote myself to another year's slog is a very difficult one" (BBC, 2020). As well as the impact of the games being postponed, the lockdowns also had a significant impact on athletes and their preparations from...
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