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Managing for Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Managing for Sustainability

...health and safety policy. This collection/album explores many of the issues that face modern businesses and gives some insight into how these companies function while adhering to various environmental management systems. This material is taken from Open University course T867: Managing for sustainability... Source planning in waste Chris Murphy gives a brief overview of...
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...public debates and policy-making processes. It introduces the idea that the descriptions (measurements, dates and representations) and understandings (concepts, explanations, theories and interpretations) developed by social scientists contribute to actually making the social worlds we live in. In other words, social science helps to make visible (or describe) social...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Coronavirus: The Lowdown
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: The Lowdown

...health and wellbeing. With the worldwide threat of the Coronavirus still present, it’s vital we all take the very best care of ourselves. And this is especially important for those of us who are older or more vulnerable. The animation below gives some advice on how to keep healthy: Transcript Help us with our research We currently have two investigations related to...
New free courses and hobbies to try while Coronavirus restrictions are in place
Miscellaneous

New free courses and hobbies to try while Coronavirus restrictions are in place

...health Quarantine is bound to have an impact on our physical and mental health. Maybe you'd like to use this as an opportunity to go on health kick, or maybe you want to concentrate on your mental health and wellbeing instead - we've got you covered with our free courses and articles. Make sure you check out our Mind, Body, Media hub for a collection of free resources...
Schizophrenia: Beyond science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Schizophrenia: Beyond science

...health services and legislation in society as a whole. To some extent this may be down to the unusual and sometimes dramatic thoughts, experiences and behaviour associated with the condition. It may also be the result of the often over-played (in the media) fear that schizophrenia is associated with the risk of violence. Psychiatry has tended to view the contents of the...
Social Care: Past and Present
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social Care: Past and Present

...Health Action Zone Working with the community to improve individual and community welfare. Ethnic diversity in Sheffield communities Sheffield Social Services' dedicated Home Care Service for the Bangladeshi community in Darnall. Living with disability in Darnall A disabled woman talks about the support she gets from Social Services, family and friends. Living in Tinsley...
Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...public and private life. Despite the sophistication of her themes, Bryce’s poems are accessible. Her work is also surreal and wry. Famed for her musicality, Bryce often scatters rhymes throughout her poems so they are ‘more heard rather than seen’. She considers poetry to be close to song and is an engaging reader of her own work, as in this video where she reads...
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...health in the mid-life phase and beyond...This free OpenLearn course is designed to help anyone whose life is affected by the menopause, whether you are experiencing the menopause or supporting someone who is. No matter which gender you identify with, this transitional phase can affect people in many ways, so this course is open to everyone. The objectives of the course...