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Right to die: what about other circumstances?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Right to die: what about other circumstances?

...care nurse who had seen many people die, that she might experience an undignified death. Having decided that her life was complete, Gill Pharoah travelled to Switzerland in the summer of 2015. In this video her partner Johan Southall defends her decision. Should assisted suicide be available for people who aren’t terminally ill? Are there alternatives to assisted...
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Mental health: Survivor suggestions
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health: Survivor suggestions

...care not to let things get to me. I have to stop worrying and having negative thoughts. Here are some things that help me: Start the day thinking of all the positive things that may happen Get outside for at least 15 mins a day Put treats into your day: reading, watching a favourite TV programme Keep up with friends: find out how they are feeling, are they going through...
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Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...care for children with disabilities. From a community empowerment perspective it is crucial to note that while most discussions of engagement with the third-sector relate to larger third-sector organisations which have a national or even international profile, the reality is that most are quite small. The UK Civil Society Almanac 2019 (NCVO, 2019) indicates that of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...adults in the school care about their learning and about them as individuals.’ It draws on research to describe how such schools ‘… have seen benefits to student satisfaction and personal development, reduced violence and exclusions, and higher grades’ (Peace at the Heart, p. 15). Attentive care to wellbeing might be developed in any and all aspects of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is the genome made of?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the genome made of?

...adult. DNA has three key properties: it is relatively stable; its structure suggests an obvious way in which the molecule can be duplicated, or replicated; and it carries a store of vital information that is used in the cell to produce proteins. The first two properties of DNA are analysed in this free course, What is the genome made of?...Genomes are composed of DNA, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...adults now report getting news from the site – and the fact that fake news is not editorially weeded out, this means that misinformation can spread easily and quickly, hampering the chance people have for making informed decisions. Following the Trump victory there have been frequent calls for the company to address this issue. But much of the debate has had an element...
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Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury
Society, Politics & Law

Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury

...careful when talking of ‘President Trump’s strategy’, especially as Wolff makes the seemingly plausible claim that Trump’s speeches were the product of varying White House factions. All that said, it is hard to ignore the sparsity of these sections. As has been noted, the failure to repeal Obamacare in the Senate ‘is dealt with in less than a single sentence,...
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Article 5 mins
How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...caring responsibilities. What do OpenLearners do with their digital badges? It is important to keep interrogating what our learners do with their digital badges if we are to meet them with good commissioning decisions and to support the digital skills shortage. Earlier this year, a review of 26,000 survey responses by OpenLearn badge earners showed us that 86% of them...
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Article 5 mins