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Get outdoors and get active
Health, Sports & Psychology

Get outdoors and get active

Designed to inspire outdoors activity while you carry on learning, our fun ideas cover a range of subjects from nature, psychology and astronomy, to health and wellbeing. Take a digital detox from screens and notifications with OpenLearn.
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An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...health technologies from a regulatory perspective. For example, the Simulation for Regulation of SaMD (SIROS) framework helps assess clinical simulation methods to ensure they meet regulatory standards, while the full ASPiH Standards can be viewed here. These applications highlight how digital simulation is transforming healthcare by enhancing education, improving patient...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

...courses for SWAP Access to Humanities and Social Sciences students. More Introductory level courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Suggested courses for SWAP Access to STEM. More Introductory level courses in Childhood Practice, Health Studies and Nursing Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Childhood Practice, Health Studies and Nursing....
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Type 1 diabetes - a long-term condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Type 1 diabetes - a long-term condition

...health Clemmy reflects on some of the impacts diabetes has had on her mental health. Diabetes and exhaustion Clemmy shares her experiences of the tiredness and fatigue caused by her condition. Type 1 diabetes: Sam's story Sam who was diagnosed with diabetes at 11, talks about living with this long-term condition. Difficulties with diabetes Sam describes a hypoglycaemic...
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Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
Society, Politics & Law

Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'

...health care or other support for lengthening periods. Increasing racism and hostility towards minority ethnic and religious groups are part of making life unbearable for some of those who have fled persecution. A hostile environment In 2012, home secretary Theresa May set out to “create a really hostile environment for illegal migrants”. Beginning in 2015, new...
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Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

...public sector since the GFA do not stand up to scrutiny. Rather a successively weak private sector and a historical legacy of large staple industries seems a better explanation. Figure 1 below displays the relative performance of Gross National Product (GDP) per head in Northern Ireland since 1998. What appears to be common to all conflicts is that economic inequality is...
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'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...public sphere and highlight racial disparities within the criminal justice systems in both the UK and the US. One response (by politicians, governments, the media, police forces) is to blame the individual officers involved in the incident, labelling them as ‘bad apples’, i.e. a few individual police officers deemed to be solely responsible for these so-called...
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Article 10 mins
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...health and safety and how to ‘prep a frame’. You are then left to your own devices. “We come in each day and break down our mail. It comes to us in boxes and we tie these down into bundles and bags to assist with our own delivery.” Casual workers/temps are treated differently within the workforce, they are trained less than permanent workers as well. Postal...
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