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Business problem solving and improvement
Science, Maths & Technology

Business problem solving and improvement

...system attractive to use. Scottish Power: Introducing Six Sigma A look at the how Scottish Power used the six sigma methodology in order to solve issues of business decline brought on by the deregulation of electricity and gas. Scottish Power: Applying Six Sigma A look at how Scottish Power used Six Sigma to streamline and improve their customer correspondence process....
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Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...thinking geographically, importantly there’s a lot of emphasis on listening to perspectives from across a range of contexts across the Global South. Although clearly not in the Global South, the International virtual field trip starts in Glasgow, Scotland, at the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference. Departing from here, you will then engage with a series of...
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Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...systems have been developed and implemented explain why diagnostic systems are challenged in the mental health field...Making sense of mental health problems: 1 Assessing mental health problems - Figure 1 Ethan from the interactive ‘A Support Net’ which is associated with this OpenLearn course In this course you will be introduced to the case study of Mandy, and you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...think of many other examples of metal use. Each metal has its own personal signature and metals can be identified experimentally by being burnt in a naked flame. In this course you will start exploring some of the characteristic properties of metals that allow their varied uses in our everyday lives. You will also undertake an online experiment to identify metals using a...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...think it is best seen as something systemic that happens around this period? TANYA BYRON If we look at a systemic model, what we are talking about is … the best way I describe it when I am teaching is just a series of sort of concentric circles. So you have the individual in the middle, and then you draw a circle around and sort of really symbolise their sort of TANYA...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...think a bit more critically about the whole mindfulness movement after listening to a debate about how mindfulness is being applied in Western contexts. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD310 Counselling and forensic psychology: investigating crime and therapy. [Described image] Figure 1 ‘Seeing the light’ by Sue...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...thinking about how to support primary-aged children’s learni\ng in science. Please note: while a range of science topics have been selected to illustrate how children’s learning can be supported, this course does not touch on experimental design, practicals or inquiry-based learning...Primary science: supporting children’s learning: 1.1 Attitudes to science -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
When do children develop a sense of gender?
Education & Development

When do children develop a sense of gender?

...thinking about gender as something that’s flexible. So, how do children come to understand gender? When do they begin to think about gender as a stable trait? [Pink bikes for the girls, blue bikes for the boys: Gendered toys in a shop] Choose a toy, little girl or boy What is gender? We often tend to think about gender as the biological differences between men and...
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