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Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...Open University course L150 Intermediate Italian: Vivace. An activity in this course uses an audio-recording tool. This may not work correctly in the Safari browser on Apple Mac computers. Please try another browser such as Google Chrome to run this...Intermediate Italian: describing people: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe...
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...sources of stress (Rajkumar, 2020). Ongoing difficulties in dealing with residents, who are often confused and not able to understand the changed circumstances and restricted visits, are shouldered by care workers (Rajhan et al.2020). In addition, in recent months communication with residents’ families who are required to socially distance from an elderly family member...
Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...Sources, references and links BBC News Online, ‘Brexit deal: Nicola Sturgeon says, 'major promises' broken on fishing’, December 24, 2020: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55436677 Caitlin Hutchison, ‘Brexit: Nicola Sturgeon accuses UK Government of 'selling out' Scottish fishing’, The Herald, December 26, 2020:
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...open it? TINA [07.01] Yeah, in a minute, because I want to show you, show you what to do with them. So you need to make sure you’ve got it on the right way to start with yeah. So on the top there’s a teat so you need to actually remove the air from that before you actually put it on yeah, ok and then you have to put it onto a penis that’s erect obviously…………...
Bill McKibben - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill McKibben - Stories of Change

...Open University call ‘legacy interviews’, long-form interviews, in which we talk to key players round the world on energy at some length about what got them interested in it and we probe solutions and problems a little more deeply. The idea is that they will remain on a special website with the Open University for scholars in the future, wondering, ‘What were they...
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. [Nicole McLean]I first joined the railway in 2013 at the age of 18. I had successfully attained a hospitality steward job through an agency based in Inverness. Later that year, I became a permanent Scotrail staff member and was excited to remain part of the team I had come to value over the last few months. Having...
Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...Open University offers colleagues to fulfil public commitments. Emily’s advice to anyone thinking about becoming a magistrate? “Do it! You’re playing a big role in your community and a valuable role in the judiciary. If you find it doesn’t work for you or it’s not what you expected, you have the option to leave!” Find out more and search for magistrate...
Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation

...open displays of anxiety, anger or moodiness Social withdrawal, always doing things on their own, becoming isolated Lack of self-care or a tendency to display risky behaviours in public A sense of hopelessness or feeling overwhelmed An individual who displays more than one could lead the observer to suspect that the pilot may be at risk of deteriorating mental health...