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Could you work in end of life care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Could you work in end of life care?

...health care professional supporting dying patients and their families? Working with people who are dying can be both rewarding and emotionally draining. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. In this interactive you'll explore how nurses interact with the dying person and their families, how they deal with distress and...
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Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...health. Life Events and Daily Hassles The Life Events Inventory (LEI) (Cochrane and Robertson, 1973) was developed as a checklist of potential stressful life events which may occur for individuals (Jackson, 2009). Bereavement, divorce, major injury/illness, marriage, moving house and having a baby are all examples of significant life events. The daily hassles scale (DHS)...
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Wanted! Starlings
Nature & Environment

Wanted! Starlings

...public enemy The problems caused by invasive starlings are intensified by their natural tendency to gather in large flocks outside of the breeding season and their association with human habitation. Flocks often contain thousands of birds that feed and roost together. Feeding flocks can cause huge damage to crops as well as creating mess and disturbance by eating food...
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South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future
Health, Sports & Psychology

South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future

...health and wellbeing, as they help to maintain or enhance the health of those they care for. The young people told us about their aspirations for the future, including progressing their education and embarking on careers. The link to the SATTA study site is here: SATTA: South Asian Young Adult Carers’ Transitions to Adulthood | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and...
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‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout

...health is increasingly part of the conversation around women’s football, but real support remains patchy. After the tragic suicide of Sheffield United’s 27-year-old midfielder Maddy Cusack in 2023, the FA commissioned a report into mental health support across the Women’s Super League (WSL). More players are speaking publicly about the pressures of anxiety, burnout...
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Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...health tourists in the company of Eastern European 'experts'. Patrolling, a recent digital conversation for performing borders | LIVE, created by Critical Interruptions, considered borders not as exclusive or oppressive, but as potentially emancipatory and progressive, by imagining events taking place on borders of un- and partially recognised countries in Eastern Europe....
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Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch
Society, Politics & Law

Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch

...Publicity and power When Elizabeth was in her 20s she could rely on a retinue of court advisers who controlled a switchboard to media reporting. Now, as she approaches 90, the media is ubiquitous. Her retinue still exists giving behind the scenes advice and support, but it is notably less compliant. She recently “tweeted” for the first time. When Princess Diana died...
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Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...public service broadcasting and fewer opportunities for journalists to work in Wales have for some years been the signs of a democracy with a diminishing public square. In order to generate solutions to this crisis, in summer 2022 the IWA and the OU in Wales commissioned a Citizens’ Panel of fifteen people from all walks of life in Wales to discuss these issues in depth...
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