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Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion
Nature & Environment

Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion

...motivations for volunteering, but lots of people turn to helping outdoors after they retire as a chance to give back, connect with others and learn new skills, which are some of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. The Parks Trust has been supported by volunteers for many years, and were recently awarded with Investing in Volunteers accreditation. Volunteers support in different...
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...et al., 2012). Becoming an engaged and motivated reader has personal, social, emotional and cultural dimensions. It involves the reader seeing a purpose for reading. Texts that interest, engage and challenge young readers are seen to be intrinsically motivating. Another key motivating factor is the actual experience of reading itself (Ross et al., 2006) and the ......
Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...et al., 2015). The rapid advancement and acceptance of computer technology in everyday life, together with a gap in clinical services, has led to “the rise of e-therapies” (Stasiak et al., 2015, p. 2), such that computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (a type of computerised/e-therapy) has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical...
Economy, business and development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
Society, Politics & Law

Economy, business and development - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...in driving the EU policy, the commercial motives for Brexit and what remains of the EU’s original vision of economic integration as a route to social and political integration. It also looks at what is to become of the EU’s, and the UK’s, international development efforts post-Brexit. Transcript For more Studnet Hub Live events, visit studenthublive.kmi.open.ac.uk/...
The Student Experience
OpenLearn Ireland

The Student Experience

...them of studying with the OU. Finding space and time for studying OU students talking about how they found the space and time to study, and what has kept them motivated. The tutor experience OU students talking about the experiences that they had with their tutors. The best part of studying with the OU OU students talking about how studying with the OU has made them feel....
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...et al., 2013; Law and Perryman, 2015). Today, OpenLearn’s audience is global, and its video content is also shared on YouTube, collectively reaching over 14 million people a year, rising to 22 million during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity, now a business-as-usual function for the OU, has been researched and evaluated to investigate the...
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain

...et al 2012). Of these hospital admissions the prevalence of pain is high, ranging from 59% to 94% (Kozlowski et al 2014; Linhares et al 2012) and of that number between 27% and 40% of them experience moderate to severe pain (Groenewald et al 2012). Jenkins et al (2019) who explored how to reduce the experience of pain in the immediate postoperative period, states that...
Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...et al. (1981) as an alternative to the stressful major life events inventories because it has been recognised that hassles are irritating, frustrating demands that occur during everyday transactions with the environment, which can build up as accumulative stressors (Holm and Holroyd, 1992). These include 117 items about health, health of a family member, losing things,...