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The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...adults who identify as BME are more likely to be unemployed in comparison to White people at 1 in 25 (Race Disparity Audit, 2017). Within the Higher Education (HE) sector, racial inequality is becoming more widely recognised as an issue (NUS, UUK, 2019), apparent by inequitable outcomes for BME students, as they are less likely to obtain a good degree (a First or Higher...
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Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...adults and children, Reading for Pleasure may involve fiction – in novels or picture storybooks – and a wide range of other texts, both paper-based and digital. Many people read magazines, recipe books, holiday brochures, comics, football scores, information leaflets, religious texts, non-fiction books, poetry and much more, simply for the pleasure, information and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 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
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...care unit typically generates 160 alarms per day, caused by machinery that is not integrated. “You have to assemble all the kit around an intensive care bed manually,” she explains. “It doesn’t come built as one like an aircraft cockpit. This is not a problem a hospital can solve alone. It needs to be solved at the sector level.” Dixon-Woods has turned to...
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The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Society, Politics & Law

The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018

...care for loved ones. The disruption this strike caused to lives in Glasgow did not lead to a backlash against the strikers, quite the opposite. The well-organised public campaigning of these women ensured they had the support of Glaswegians across the city. Before the two days were finished the council agreed to settle the equal pay claims and to implementing a new JES to...
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Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...care permanently. She's very happy there. The reason she's happy there is because there's a day centre in Ammanford. Every day, after the carers have been in to look after her, she would go down to the day centre. She's got to know the staff and the other people who go there,she does the same thing now, the only difference is that she doesn't sleep at home. She goes to...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

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...caring for the future Currently the OU is leading a project that explores how to use creative methods for researching and co-producing knowledge with migrant families: PASAR - Participation Arts and social Action in Research Asset based community development is a powerful approach being used with a diverse network of communities and community organizations across the...
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A oes gennych chi brofiad o fod mewn gofal ac yn ystyried mynd i’r brifysgol?
Education & Development

A oes gennych chi brofiad o fod mewn gofal ac yn ystyried mynd i’r brifysgol?

...Care Leavers Activities and Student Support, (Gweithgareddau i Bobl sy'n Gadael Gofal a Chymorth i Fyfyrwyr), ac mae'n cynnwys prifysgolion, colegau, gwasanaethau cymdeithasol ac elusennau ledled Cymru sy'n cefnogi'r rhai sydd â phrofiad o ofal i fynd ymlaen i Addysg Bellach ac Uwch. [Cartŵn o ddyn, dynes a phlentyn yn ei arddegau yn gwenu] Mae gwefan CLASS Cymru wedi'i...
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