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Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...work at the Curie Institute in Paris developed the technique of implanting a small radioactive material into a tumour which is known as brachytherapy and is used to treat certain cancers. It is noteworthy that in 1935 their daughter Irène along with her husband Frédéric Joliot were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their synthesis of new radioactive...
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How are social workers portrayed in the media?
Languages

How are social workers portrayed in the media?

...work is misrepresented in newspapers and on TV. Maria Leedham explains more...‘Blame culture’ Social workers as ‘cultural scapegoats’ ‘Child snatchers’ These are just some of the claims made about how social workers are portrayed in the media. But is the media really so negative about social workers? And what does this negativity look like? positive ones I set...
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Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
Health, Sports & Psychology

Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse

...work. To be a good nurse one must be a good woman, here we shall all agree. It is the old, old story. But some of us are new to the start. What is it to be "like a woman"? "Like a woman" - "a very woman" is sometimes laid as a word of contempt: sometimes as a word of tender admiration. What makes a good woman is the better or higher of their nature: Quietness Gentleness...
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Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...working models A central premise of attachment theory is that infants learn about ways of relating from these early relationships with their attachment objects and build up a set of expectations about themselves in relation to others. On the basis of these first experiences they build what has been termed an ‘Internal Working Model’ (IWM), which means they can...
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The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...work of a community facilitator. Now, even when I do produce artefacts, such as the New Union Flag, they can be seen as agitprops and in turn they generate dialogue, used in social and political events, and go beyond symbolic representation. Giota Alevizou: Tell me a bit more about the Union Flag project. How does this animate the concept of community? What aspects of...
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From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...worked part time on farms and in construction points out how the financial crisis affected the whole family: It was the crisis in Spain, we couldn’t live there any more. My father lost his job and then we lost the house too. He had bought a house and we got evicted, as we couldn’t pay. This decision for many came at the end of a prolonged journey of being in insecure...
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Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...work area, or you may be required to interview job applicants. Whatever your involvement, this session makes it clear that it is important for you to understand the whole process to make an effective contribution to the staffing of your organisation. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B615 The professional certificate in management...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...work out what was happening but I think I've learned that good essays don't just 'happen'. Sue's notes were different: I was reading one of the set books and studying graphs - trying to interpret the information, especially that needed to answer Q1 on my first assignment. I read it over and over again; I thought I understood it but was not sure. There was so much...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs