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Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...caring responsibilities. Individual circumstances (young, mature, disabled, single) means that becoming a student-parent can entail a slow, time-consuming and strenuous adjustment phase when starting university which varies from student to student (Owton, 2016). The first year can be particularly tough. When I was at University, I kept quiet about being a mother because I...
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Article 10 mins
Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...care about their lives, don’t kid yourself, but they say they don’t care about their lives. You have to take out their families. Exactly what Trump is suggesting doing is not clear here, so let us examine some of the different possibilities. Protecting human shields Some might argue Trump was merely making the point that regardless of the enemy’s use of their own...
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Article 5 mins
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...Care, the DHSC. Achieving a doctorate, whether a PhD, EdD or DHSC confers the title Dr. Why write a Research Proposal? To be accepted onto a PhD / Professional Doctorate (PD) programme in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) at The Open University, you are required to submit a research proposal. Your proposal will outline the research project...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...care of duty would extend beyond the office walls indefinitely. Now, most companies are aware that employee pastoral care, health, safety and growth opportunities are the employer’s responsibility, no matter where their staff are located. We now find ourselves at another juxtaposition of two forces – climate change, NetZero strategies, and the global energy crisis....
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Care. You might be particularly interested in the Open University course K240 Mental health and community...Challenging ideas in mental health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the complexity and dilemmas of diverse perspectives in the field of mental health and distress understand the importance of service
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...care and greater legal protection for women and children are well recognised. However, despite such advances having been made, a different viewpoint might focus on how armed conflict, disparities of income and wealth, abuse of all kinds and discrimination still damage the lives of countless numbers of women, men and children and will continue to do so. Adversity and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...care, and how they can make sure that any change is sustained...This free course, Understanding service improvement in healthcare, will help you to understand what people mean by the terms ‘service’ and ‘improvement’ in relation to healthcare. The course will help you to think about how those involved in healthcare, whether as practitioners or service users, can...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...adult vervets in response to various birds. Look at the data for infants at the top of the figure. Infant monkeys were observed calling in response to a bird on 24 separate occasions. The number of calls made in response to each of the species of bird shown were assigned to categories, shown by lines of different colours that are identified in the key at the bottom of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs