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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

...et al., 2020). Effective research dissemination is critical then, particularly when viewed through the lens of Black feminist theory, as it emphasises the role of research participants as both subjects and agents of knowledge creation (Collins, 2000). Bridging the gap between discourse and practice In the Mothering at the Margins study, we aim to use our positions to not...
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Article 35 mins
5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...et al, 2009). Such improvements might directly enable the person with dementia to become mobile and carry out day-to-day activities including self-care independently or with little assistance. 2. Exercise is stimulation – outdoor & company is the best [senior man walking on the beach] When living with dementia, we need as much stimulation as possible. Outdoor exercise...
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Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...et al., 1992). Medical journals were founded in rather smaller numbers in Europe at the same time – in France, Germany and Belgium, where the Scalpel (surely in homage to Wakley's Lancet) appeared. Even in Russia, twenty-three new journals were established around the middle of the century. Nineteenth-century medicine had a form and character that was unique to its time....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...adapted extract from the Open University course B858 Introduction to corporate finance...Estimating the cost of equity: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: select and justify a suitable risk-free rate and equity risk premium for use in determining the expected return for a share evaluate the different approaches to identifying a suitable...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...adapted extract from the Open University course W112 Civil justice and tort law...This free course, Judicial decision making, explains how judges decide cases. You will learn how judges make sense of evidence, and how they decide on fair outcomes in legal disputes. The course shows how the law constrains and influences judges, and what happens when the law is uncertain or...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...Adapted from Friedlingstein et al. (2022) Global Carbon Budget 2022 v1.0 dataset, available at https://globalcarbonbudget.org/carbonbudget/, and Energy Institute (2023) Statistical Review of World Energy 2023, available at https://www.energyinst.org/ statistical-review. Figure 8: © 2024 Regents of the University of California Figure 9: © Intergovernmental Panel on...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...adapted extract from the Open University Social Work courses....Effective writing in professional social work practice: Introduction - This course introduces you to professional writing which is an integral aspect of social work practice. Social workers need to consider how their writing forms part of their communication and record keeping. Ensuring people who are being...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
General principles of cellular communication
Science, Maths & Technology

General principles of cellular communication

...adapted extract from the Open University course S317 Biological science: from genes to species...General principles of cellular communication: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe in general terms how extrinsic signals activate cell signalling pathways to elicit cellular responses describe how cell signalling processes facilitate...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs