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Digital Nepal
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital Nepal

...health, language and the economy. This material forms part of The Open University course TU100 My digital life... Nepal: Wireless network innovator Dr. Mahabir Pun explains how he brought internet connections and communication systems to rural villages in Nepal. Telemedicine A look at how video conferencing provides medical support doctor's in Nepal, as it enables...
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Video 31 mins
Charles Dickens: Celebrity Author
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Charles Dickens: Celebrity Author

...career reading for his own profit initiating a new and brilliant phase in his career. The American Tour We look at how in 1867 Charles Dickens embarked on an exhausting 19 week tour of America as one of the world's first 'celebrity authors'. The Farewell Tour In October 1868 Charles Dickens farewell tour began but had to be cut short on account of his failing health....
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Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital

...Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. In this interactive, you will explore two people’s experiences of visiting a hospital in these circumstances. You will find out how the hospital environment could be adjusted to improve the experience. In the interactive there are two animations, both of which are accompanied by transcripts. [A scene from an animation...
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Activity 15 mins
What does climate change mean for Pakistan?
Nature & Environment

What does climate change mean for Pakistan?

...health. Heat waves raise the irrigation needs of summer crops, increase droughts and contribute to groundwater depletion in the country. Rising average temperatures during pre-monsoon months (March, April and May), during which most of the heat waves are expected to occur in the coming decades, could lead to early maturity of winter crops including wheat, maize, potato...
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Article 5 mins
Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...health emergency and dismissed warnings issued by doctors, concerned locals and international agencies as alarmist. "I am not saying we shouldn't do anything about it — everyone has to respond, but there is no need to spread panic among the people," Harsh Vardhan, federal minister for science and technology and a physician, told television interviewers. Vardhan’s...
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Article 5 mins
The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...health and well-being ahead of their occupation compared to before the pandemic took hold. [Photograph of a person responding to a survey screen, asking them "How was your day?"] Kuzior et al. (2022) gave a sobering explanation for this, citing the increased number of what David Graeber (2018) famously described as ‘bullshit’ jobs. Graeber defines these jobs as...
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Article 5 mins
The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...health care system throughout the world” (p4). The report is equally emphatic that the solution does not on the whole lie with blaming individuals, or rooting out incompetent or negligent staff. Sometimes, of course, individuals do need to be held transparently to account, when they have been willfully or recklessly negligent or involved in mistreatment. However, the...
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Article 10 mins
Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...mental health. However, getting out may be challenging for people with dementia living in community or in a care home. The Parks Trust in Milton Keynes and the OU are working together to evaluate a new initiative of Walking Programme set currently as 5 Ways cafes in the local Manor Parks (Great Linford, MK) for people living with dementia in Milton Keynes and their...
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Article 10 mins