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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...mental health and wellbeing support external links to key refugee support organisations. The interest in this curated page of resources, and as part of a broader set of measures by the OU to support Ukrainians, led to a project to translate five courses and an article, plus associated external links and advice, into Ukrainian. [Text in Ukrainian and English telling...
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Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...mental health; lack of integration/synergy of goals with other development activities e.g. on education, health and gender. In all, for the post 2015 agenda emphasis is made on the need for goal setting on national governance and institutional levels, where responsibilities are to be defined, accountability systems put in place, and human capacities built. In...
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Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos
Society, Politics & Law

Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos

...mental universe that divides it into two broad camps – theoretical socialists and practical socialists. As Ben Pimlott wrote of Wilson’s opinions on Tony Crosland and Roy Jenkins, ‘he saw Crosland… as a philosopher or, in his own terms, a socialist theologian, and Jenkins as a man of letters and practical policies. The Prime Minister was an empiricist,...
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What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?

...mental health provision remains. On a positive note, this could well succeed with bipartisan cross-party support. Brexit means… What has not gone away of course is the all-encompassing issue of Brexit, which is the dominant theme of this Queen’s speech. Leaving the EU would have dominated the political landscape whatever the electoral outcome of June 8 and indeed,...
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Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...and hostile work and personal environments, rather than giving us all another job of training ourselves to be more resilient to these environments.[The Conversation] Rajvinder Samra, Lecturer in Health, The Open University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. More on Mental Health and Young People...
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Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research

...mental health needs) and who have less access to normal coping mechanisms both within and outside the home. (see more in OpenLearn Article: The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers) . Caring is reported in the literature as socially isolating for young carers, adult carers and older adult carers. (see more in OpenLearn Article: Supporting...
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Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workshops on gender diversity – helping us move from insults to inclusion.

...mental wellbeing and educational achievement of young people, specifically transgender youth. Brief diversity workshops, like the ones delivered by RainbowYOUTH, which include skilled transgender storytellers and educators can make a significant difference. They are an important piece in the puzzle of moving us from insults to inclusion. References Veale, J. F. (2008)....
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...mentality within an organisation can inhibit progress and active participation in collaborative forums such as the Ethical Trading Initiative to apply best practice and learning should be considered. Notification to other interested parties of findings and learning is especially important when confronted with difficult and systemic issues Execution requires transparency,...
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