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How can your accent put your life at risk?
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How can your accent put your life at risk?

...health issues such as stomach upsets, high blood pressure, fevers and heart problems. However, he never got to see a doctor and each time was dismissed by the nurse on duty. He described one such incident to his friends shortly before his death: I went to the [healthcare provider] and then [they] told me that, hey you don’t have anything, you are not sick and you’re...
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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...mental health institutions, most recently centring on the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, Scotland. My particular focus is on the use of music, with both social and therapeutic functions. Here, I’ve found programmes for annual Valentine’s concerts starting in the late-1840s which both demonstrate some of the repertoire in popular use at the time and illustrate...
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Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...wellbeing. Essentially the team explored the way in which the officers who investigate RASSO receive learning, continuing professional development and specialist knowledge input, and the welfare support offered by their forces. The research identified a number of gaps in knowledge for the officers and one of these areas was focused on the need to ensure that a...
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Coping with Depression
Society, Politics & Law

Coping with Depression

...mental disorders’ in Britain that people seek counselling for. This collection of videos looks at what can happen when people are overwhelmed by such profound feelings of sadness that they can’t carry on with their everyday lives. Fry, along with Trisha Goddard and engineer Jim Brown, share their personal struggles and experiences with diagnosis and drug use, giving...
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Audio 38 mins
Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...A. and Hart, A. (2021) Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share - OpenLearn - Open University https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/mental-health/five-pillars-ageing-well https://www.open....
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Article 5 mins
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...mentally is a common metaphor for understanding it. An image may be of some geometrical shape, or of a graph or diagram, or it may be some set of symbols or some procedure.’ (Open University, 1988, p. 10) This course uses the word visualisation synonymously with mental imagery. It happens as we articulate our thoughts and as we understand what we are doing. Each of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...mental-health-at-work.aspx (Accessed 20 November 2013). Foresight (2008) Mental Capital and Wellbeing: Making the most of ourselves in the 21st Century, Government Office for Science [Online]. Available at https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ mental-capital-and-wellbeing-making-the-most-of-ourselves-in-the-21st-century (Accessed March 2014)......
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...mental habits repeating in an endless loop, leading us to doubt our capabilities, and that our goals and dreams are impossible to achieve. This can deceive us into thinking we are less than we are. This video from the Legacy Mastery Academy explains more. Whilst these beliefs can have a strong effect on thoughts and behaviour, they are often not an accurate reflection of...
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Article 10 mins