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How do we solve the social care funding problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do we solve the social care funding problem?

...family gets cancer, the National Health Service will offer the best treatment for as long as it takes to cure them, or provide palliative care in a hospice free of charge. If a member of your family gets dementia, the NHS tends to keep its distance, apart from an occasional visit from the local dementia nurse, to check how the dementia is progressing. Only if there is...
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?

...families] as shields … We’re fighting a very politically correct war. [Y]ou have to take out their families. They 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...
A linguistic toolkit for health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

A linguistic toolkit for health and social care

...family are dining together at a table] Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience... INSTRUCTIONS: For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Edge or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. The research behind the interactive The ideas in this OpenLearn interactive draw from research by OU...
The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...families), addressed the inequalities in children’s education and was an early advocate of investment in high-quality early childhood settings. She saw that quality is achieved through upskilling the workforce and paying them well – a key idea behind the 2011 British government initiatives Graduate Leader Fund and Early Years “Teach First” teachers. Similarly when...
Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...family’s standard of living, or was just completely unaffordable; this rises to 63% of single parents. Over a half (57%) of young women from low-income households said their mental health had become worse during the coronavirus pandemic compared to 49% young women from higher-income households and 42% young men of all income levels. 1 in 3 (30%) of furloughed young...
Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway, the War and the Unions

...History and Social Sciences courses. With the introduction of conscription in 1916 leading to over 100,000 men in Scotland leaving to fight in the First World War, women had to step in to fill the jobs that men had left. Many of these jobs were on the railway and it had never been imagined that women would be able to do this type of work previously. Society was very...
Danielle Martin
Education & Development

Danielle Martin

...History and Politics. Unfortunately, the environment didn’t suit me at all. I was a very shy teenager so the “traditional” university experience with its many social obligations was something I found too overwhelming.’ She’s a busy mum (and soon to be even busier with another child due) and therefore enjoys ‘the independent and flexible learning’ on offer as...
Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Science, Maths & Technology

Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners

...history, to quote John Emsley: “Arsenic has a long and disreputable pedigree: its very name seems to condemn it as something unspeakable.” The reason why it was chosen by the great poisoners was that it is a cumulative poison (harmless in small doses), and since its oxide is colourless, odourless and tasteless and dissolves in water, it was easy to dose your victim....