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Starting with law
Society, Politics & Law

Starting with law

...health and safety. While they have the right to expect you to pay for what you have eaten, they also have a responsibility to you for the food they have sold you. Activity 2 The importance of law Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Here you are going to read an extract about the importance of law. You may need a dictionary to look up some words if you are unsure of their...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...health risk for consumers.” Read in full at The Grocer: Chlorinated chicken explained: why do the Americans treat their poultry with chlorine? What do the public think? A 2012 piece in the journal Food Control exploring how consumers in the UK reacted to various approaches to reducing the presnce of Campylobacter in food discovered a lack of support for chlorine...
Communication in the healthcare sector
Education & Development

Communication in the healthcare sector

...Health and Social Care...Types of communication in the healthcare sector [Communication in the healthcare sector page images] This is a resource that highlights forms of communication in Health and Social Care. The resource applies to students studying level 3 concepts in the field such as Principles and Contexts or A levels. Open this resouce. Communication (Principles...
What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?
Money & Business

What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?

...public trust in charities had fallen significantly in the past year. When asked in 2014 whether most charities are trustworthy and act in the public interest 71% of over 1,100 people agreed, a figure broadly in line with previous years. In 2015, this had fallen to just 57%. A decline in trust is perhaps unsurprising in light of such negative, high-profile stories. It is...
What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?

...Health Organization (WHO) defines Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as, ‘all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external genitalia, or injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons’ (WHO, 2025) Indigenous societies have various traditional names for FGM including but not exclusively: sunna, gudniin, halatays, tahur, megrez, and khitan...
Journeying through Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through Wellbeing

...health, can all impact on our mental health and wellbeing. ...Start your journey Life can be a series of ups and downs. And we all want to live the best life possible. But do we understand what it means to have good mental health and wellbeing? Do we know how it is shaped by the things that happen to us? And how might we protect ourselves from becoming mentally unwell?...
Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

...public interest but, as third in line to the throne, she was not expected to become queen. 1936- George V dies and Edward VIII abdicates Elizabeth's uncle Edward took to the throne in 1936 after the death of her grandfather. Later that year Edward abdicated, after his proposed marriage to divorcee Wallis Simpson caused a constitutional crisis. As a result, Elizabeth's...
Medical uses of genetic testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Medical uses of genetic testing

...health risks, and assess the likelihood of passing conditions to offspring. This helps people make informed health decisions and offers the chance for early screening and interventions...Transcript Have you ever wondered what genetic testing can tell us about our health? In this video, we look at some types of genetic testing used specifically for medical purposes....