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The psychology of conspiracy theories
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of conspiracy theories

...projection’, or as fulfilling a profound psychological need for certainty in the precarious (post-)modern age. In everyday discourse too, ‘conspiracy theorists’ are often labelled ‘lunatics’, ‘kooks’ or ‘paranoiacs’, implying that they suffer from some intrinsic psychological deficiency or dysfunction. Yet, surprisingly, little psychological research has...
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...Project and regularly visits the Fen to observe the 20 species of dragonfly and damselfly found here. RORY MCKENZIE-DODDS Can we go nearer this bank on port side? Dragonflies are particularly interesting from the point of view of food webs. Underwater dragonflies will be eating midge larvae and mosquito larvae. At this larval stage they tend to get eaten by insectivorous...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...project, titled ‘Mothering at the Margins’, has been designed with another researcher who is also a Black female academic and mother to autistic children. The study explores the perspectives of Black mothers of autistic children to gain an insight into how race, gender and disability affect their experiences of advocating for their children. This research highlights a...
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Article 35 mins
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Education & Development

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

...managing employees for the first time, you'll find a course designed to support you. [Logo for British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy] Why study an OpenLearn course? Easy to register online All courses are free Start and complete your training in your own time Printable statement of participation on completion Track your progress and completed courses We've...
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Article 5 mins
South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future
Health, Sports & Psychology

South Asian young adult carers: Balancing their caring roles and planning for the future

...manage this role alongside family life, education and paid jobs. We learned about the impact of caring on their health and wellbeing, as they help to maintain or enhance the health of those they care for. The young people told us about their aspirations for the future, including progressing their education and embarking on careers. The link to the SATTA study site is...
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Article 5 mins
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...project’...The body: A phenomenological psychological perspective: 2.1 Resisting a body–mind–social split - To what extent are you your body? The seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes saw human subjective experience (including rationality, thought and spirituality) as separate and fundamentally different from the objective world of matter, that of our...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...project where pupils interviewed older Caribbean people about their lives before and after coming to Manchester. The Roots organisers were inspired by this and decided to develop the research further. This became the Roots Oral History Project resulting in recorded interviews with men and women of the Windrush generation. With the support of the African Caribbean Language...
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Video 15 mins
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...project also involved social work students, social work managers and service users. Figure 3 below details the data that was collected for this research study. [A visual diagram of eight boxes split into two rows.] Figure 3 The Writing in Social Work Practice (WiSP) Research Project The Open University social work team worked with a group of people who have experience of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs