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World Mental Health Day on OpenLearn
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Mental Health Day on OpenLearn

...anxiety, depression, mindfulness, wellbeing and more with our FREE learning resources...The theme for World Mental Health Day 2025 is "access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies". The theme highlights the importance of people being able to protect their mental health whatever they're going through, because everyone deserves good mental health....
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Article 15 mins
Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...human minds and the fact that brains and neurocognition vary among all individuals. All these variations are ‘normal’ and ‘valuable’ with neurodiversity being the concept that neurological differences are to be recognised and respected as any other human variation. The term ‘neurodiversity’ was coined by the Australian sociologist Judy Singer in 1998, and...
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Article 10 mins
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...human race, with a particular focus on the English language, and how this has emerged as a global force over the last few decades. In eleven sections, each centred around a short video, you’ll look at what language is, at how the English language first came into existence, how it developed and has been spread across the world in the millennium and a half since its...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
To lie or not to lie?
History & The Arts

To lie or not to lie?

...Humanities (Philosophy) qualification. [To lie or not to lie cartoon game image.] 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 Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Acknowledgements Philosophical consultant: Professor...
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Activity 5 mins
The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

...human coronavirus–Erasmus Medical College, where the first isolate was sequenced. An additional isolate, provisionally named human coronavirus England 1, was isolated from a patient in London, UK, who had been flown from Qatar to London for treatment. A report from the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has proposed...
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Article 5 mins
Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
Nature & Environment

Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?

...resources,” including protection of human safety and the environment. The most prominent feature in the windowless conference room was a large chart that showed revenue growth from oil and gas leasing and production in the Gulf of Mexico. It was a point of pride for MMS officials that their agency was the nation’s second-largest generator of revenue, exceeded only by...
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Article 5 mins
Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators
Society, Politics & Law

Reflective practice as self-care: recognising the mental health needs of sexual offence investigators

...resources increased officers’ sense of work-related pressure, which was compounded by a desire to do the best job to support both victims and colleagues. Overall, interviewees did not prioritise their own needs and reported limited space in their working practice to reflect on their own wellbeing, either formally in terms of organisations provision or informally within...
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Article 5 mins
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...human component of the relations and processes which social scientists attempt to represent. In particular, we draw upon the arguments of Alfred Schütz, whose approach also recommends that social science should attempt to find ways of communicating its ideas and evidence widely to all members of society. Situated knowledge – each form of social knowledge is located...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs