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Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Care before profit: working as a cleaner in a care home during the Covid-19 pandemic

...management started to want rid of me. Even my daughter said you can’t be an unofficial union rep mum because you’re not protected.” Jacky also spoke about the conditions in the care home and the impact COVID-19 had in increasing isolation and in their treatment of residents: “I did feel awfully sorry for the residents because what was happening was, after we had...
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Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...introduction to the process of new drug discovery; from identification of a suitable candidate drug molecule to the development of a commercial drug product available in the clinic for pain relief or as an anti-inflammatory...Drug development process: combating pain, is a free course offering a brief introduction to the process of new drug discovery; from identification...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...introduction of smoking bans, there is a growing recognition that social marketing has a role to play in achieving a wide range of social goals. This free course, Social marketing, examines the nature of social marketing and how the adoption of marketing concepts, frameworks and techniques developed for commercial marketers can be applied to the solution of social...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Brass Instruments
History & The Arts

Brass Instruments

...introduction to this album How Brass Instruments Work Technology and acoustical principles. How technical developments through history have affected the design of brass instruments. Changing Key and Pitch Playing the cornet, trombone and trumpet, experts demonstrate hand stopping and lipping. Mechanical Innovation : Keys The keyed bugle and the ophicleide enabled brass...
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Audio 1 hr 10 mins
Living with visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with visual Impairment

...introduction to this album. Visual Impairment Jackie's Experience Of acute transitory visual impairment as a result of MS, including her experience of difficulties with lighting and contrast. Emotional Impact Jackie talks about the emotional impact of losing her sight Nurse Support Jackie explains how nurses can support and empower people with visual impairments. Eating...
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Audio 27 mins
Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability

...introduction to this album. What makes customers choose a green tariff? Customers who have opted for a green tariff talk about the reasons why they have decided to do so. The uptake of green tariffs Reasons why green tariffs are taken up by the minority in the UK. Living in a power station How a suburb in Holland is offsetting its power consumption by generating solar...
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Audio 31 mins
Handel: A Classical Icon
History & The Arts

Handel: A Classical Icon

...introduction to Handel's background, his classic hits and his life in London. Handel's Opera A taste of Handel's elaborate arias, dramatic plots and impressive stage scenery. Highlights from a modern ENO performance, and a preserved eighteenth century theatre. Handel's Church Music Donald Burrows visits Handel's parish church in London and describes how Handel composed...
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Video 54 mins
Water in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Water in Ethiopia

...introduction to this album. Water - a human right Access to water in Ethiopia can be a matter of life or death. This is brief look at the lives of people for whom an adequate water supply can never be taken for granted. Water in rural Ethiopia A day in the life of Yeshiemebet Zewdu., a local villager who lives with her husband and five children. Her daily tasks include...
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Audio 32 mins