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Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care

...health and future care didn’t know what they were either. Advance care planning (or anticipatory care planning as it is known in Scotland) is care planning for the future. It is thinking about what needs or preferences a person may have in the future in relation to their care. Advance care planning can happen at any time and does not depend on a diagnosis. My research...
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Children's University - Free online courses
Education & Development

Children's University - Free online courses

...Health and the human body [Children Uni - Subject icons] One heart, one brain, 30 trillion cells. What exactly makes the human body tick? How can we tackle the biggest health challenges of our age? Science has come a long way but there is still so much more to understand about ourselves. From genetics to nutrition, you can find courses about all about our bodies, as well...
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Dangoor Education
Science, Maths & Technology

Dangoor Education

...Health Initiative, a collaborative health accelerator programme aimed at connecting Israeli start-ups in the digital health field with the UK’s NHS. These examples, and multiple others, showcase David’s relentless mission of cross-border collaborative working for the benefit of others less fortunate than himself. There is no doubt that through The Exilarch’s...
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Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...health and wellbeing. Making the decision to study can be a big step and The Open University has over 40 years of experience supporting its students through their chosen learning paths. You can find out more about studying with us by visiting our online prospectus. You can now return to the course page...Session 8: The future of coaching: technological influences: Tell us...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...health hazard who must be stopped to save society from her immorality and disease. However, for several decades sex workers have sought to emphasise that no matter what you think of their job, that it is work like any other form of selling labour, and that they therefore deserve the same rights as any other worker. However, not surprisingly there are a range of competing...
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Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...wellbeing; they represent the basis of sound relationships and a trusting classroom ethos and can be fostered through talk and interaction about texts, potentially leading to social action. Their team’s work with schools has myriad connections to CPRT’s aims for primary education. As Robin Alexander’s recent CPRT submission to the House of Commons Education...
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Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...mental and the physical – and interceding between one soul and another. For Aristotle, the imagination – or phantasia – was a kind of bridge between sensation and thought, supplying the images or ‘phantasms’ without which thought could not occur. Descartes argued that the imagination was not an essential part of the mind, since it dealt with images in the brain...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

...Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of great stress for carers. They have endured decreased access to support services and social support, decreased time to look after themselves and difficulties maintaining the physical and emotional health of themselves and their loved one, in the face of national and local...
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