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Learn to live well with self-care on OpenLearn
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learn to live well with self-care on OpenLearn

...and friends, finding ways to relax and more physical exercise. We've got some great ideas to help you get started! ...Explore these articles and courses to help give you inspiration. Change doesn't have to be overwhelming. Just add one change in your life and build from there, even getting out for a walk each day can help boost your mood and improve physical health!...
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Article 5 mins
Legal conversations
Society, Politics & Law

Legal conversations

...health professionals make clinical decisions? How much involvement should the patient have? Is it against the law to do research on individuals without their consent? Throughout these audio discussions, Phil Bates and Marc Cornock of The Open University’s Law School, discuss these, and similar issues surrounding ethics in law... Clinical decision making: A legal...
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Audio 26 mins
How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...health condition. Within this group, certain health conditions have been identified as increasing the risk of developing severe COVID-19 (see this article on protecting extremely vulnerable people from COVID-19). Are cancer patients at higher risk of becoming severely ill from COVID-19? To answer this question, we have consulted several reports on COVID-19 epidemiology....
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Article 10 mins
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...public debates surrounding the use of technologies by children understand the role of evidence in claims made about digital technologies and children understand the effects of digital technologies on children’s learning and development identify good quality digital content for children using evidence-based guidelines...Children’s experiences with digital technologies:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Religion, Belief and Equalities
History & The Arts

Religion, Belief and Equalities

...public or private sector, or just going about your everyday life, it is important that you understand the significance of religion and belief as a protected characteristic in the United Kingdom. This video introduces why understanding religion and belief is important for equalities law, some of the complexities that arise when religion and belief seem to "clash" with...
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Video 5 mins
Introducing the GRACE project – your community and genetics research
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the GRACE project – your community and genetics research

...health conditions and disabilities. For instance, there are five million people of South Asian heritage living in the UK today. That’s 8% of the total UK population. Yet, the proportion of South Asians included in genetics research is far below this. In UK Biobank, for example, only 2% of data comes from South Asians. Their representation, therefore, needs to increase...
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Video 3 mins
World-Changing Women: Caroline Norton
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Caroline Norton

...publication of her verses led to appointments as magazine editor which brought some measure of financial independence. In 1836, she finally left her husband who responded by accusing her of adultery with the Home Secretary Lord Melbourne, despite his previous encouragement of the friendship. He sued Melbourne for seducing his wife and, although he lost the case, the...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...health and public service workers; to smaller ones such as the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Association of Racing Staff. Trade unions tend to be in the news when their members vote for industrial action during a dispute with employers. Their lower profile work in conducting economic and industrial research is less well-understood. Unions also provide...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs