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My career goal: Childcare and education
Education & Development

My career goal: Childcare and education

...care for young ones and guide their learning...Exploring careers in childcare and education This short video gives an overview of some career possibilities in early years childcare and education. Transcript Transcript The following videos explore some specific jobs within childcare and education. Unsung - a documentary on teaching assistants: Transcript An introduction to...
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Article 20 mins
At a crossroads: navigating work and/or family alongside study
Health, Sports & Psychology

At a crossroads: navigating work and/or family alongside study

...Care courses and qualifications. [Jaya is studying on laptop stressed at university] Click on the image above, or click here to start your interactive experience. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Research with students The interactive...
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Activity 20 mins
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...adults sharing a house and Tomos, at four, is beginning to play his parents and grandparent off against each other. Siân has decided to go back to work full time now that Tomos is moving on from preschool into mainstream schooling. Mali has been a very clingy baby and Siân is worried about how she will cope with being away from ‘Mummy’ and going into day care. Tomos...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...care, the independent or voluntary sector, local government, education and almost any other sector in the UK. You will learn by the end of this course that public health is an issue for all people too, whether they live alone or in a family. In short, public health is ‘everybody’s business’ and the aim of public health bodies is to improve health and wellbeing at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Make your clothes count
Nature & Environment

Make your clothes count

...care for clothes is equally as crucial for getting the most out of them. Laundry accounts for around one-quarter of the carbon footprint of clothing. Washing less frequently, using larger loads, tumble drying less and following the care label all make a difference to how long a t-shirt will last and could cut the carbon footprint by 7%. Half of the 120 million t-shirts...
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Article 5 mins
An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward
Health, Sports & Psychology

An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward

...care. Practitioners' perspective Practitioners and professionals discuss the video "An Untimely Death on Passchendaele Ward", reflecting on the balance of care and control in mental health treatment. About the course Jonathan Leach of the course team outlines The Open University course and who it's aimed at. Getting involved Jonathan Leach of the course team talks about...
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Audio 1 hr 23 mins
Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success and failure in healthcare: should regulation be simple or integrated?

...care we all expect to receive. The difference between success and failure in healthcare depends largely on having educated and trained professionals and their co-workers. Modern healthcare also relies on tools, machines and medicines. And of course, healthcare professionals and their co-workers’ scope of practice, their technical gadgetry and medicinal substances are...
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Article 10 mins
Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...cared for by a non-human surrogate. [A female wolf in the snow] Shall I be mother? In Kipling’s original The Jungle Book, published in 1894, the “man-cub” Mowgli is taken in by a wolf pack after he is separated from his human parents by Shere Kahn, the tiger. The choice of wolves as parental stand-ins for the lost human toddler is arguably more plausible than him...
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Video 5 mins