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Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...work through it at your own pace. You can also download the Pathways to Success PDF here. To get the best from Pathways to success, you need a hard (paper) copy to work with alongside the interactive version. you can print one out, or if you live in Wales you can get one from OU in Wales by emailing them emailing them. How Do I Know Which Subject Pathway to Choose? You...
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Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do sperm whales speak with local accents?

...work, many people have registered differences in behaviour in a wide range of species, which we cannot attribute to these two factors. For example, the detailed genetic work of Michael Kruetzen and his team has helped to dispel the “hardwiring” argument for tool use in dolphins. Cultural differences are something we pick up from others and pass on, it is a social...
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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

...Social Care courses and qualifications. The work of a learning disability nurse goes far beyond traditional healthcare: it is a compassionate, rights-based, person-centred practice that transforms lives, strengthens families, and builds inclusive communities. Yet despite the importance of this speciality, learning disability nursing remains one of the lesser-known fields...
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Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...social dimension of scientists' work and how scientists explain and perhaps justify their work to the wider public. Science and society: A career and professional development course, is a free course that explores this further...Scientists throughout the world are increasingly interested in the relationship between science and society. Part of their concern is with the...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...social anxiety that arises from the fear that you are missing out on something; whether it’s an event, a work or social opportunity, a communication, or a potential connection, or just something cool and ethereal that you might like to see or be part of. So we want to be connected… ‘just in case’. To test this, just ask your friends and family if they’ve ever...
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Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...working towards the inclusion of disabled children and young adults in social activities and organisations, encouraging friendships and fun. It looks at PLUS from the view of the children, the carers and the families. This material forms part of The Open University course KE312 Working together for children... Growing up with Disability A short introduction to this album....
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Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...social workers have to make in their jobs...[Truth] Would you like to have a go at making the kinds of decisions that social workers responsible for protecting children are routinely involved in? The following case study is based on real life experiences of social workers, but for the purpose of this activity all characters have been fictionalised and details have also...
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Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...work] The starting premise is that open methodologies do not assume a reflective person as the originator of knowledge and meaning, but neither do they wholly relinquish the notion of the human, or favour anonymous forces. Central to the approach is a concern with the formation and nature of subjectivities that are set in motion by methods, as well as the social worlds...
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