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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...everyday event for many women all around the globe. The routine medicalisation of childbirth robs women, midwives, and society, of the knowledge and experience of what it is to have a normal birth. Maternity Standard 11 of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services states that women should: '. . . have as normal a pregnancy and birth...
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What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...everyday interactions. Therefore, it is not just externally facing with members of the public and the victims of crime you respond to, but also internally with your colleagues. A TI approach should inform how you work with colleagues who may have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and/or be dealing with the impact of trauma in their personal or professional...
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Article 5 mins
Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story
Society, Politics & Law

Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story

...everyday struggles that face many women workers on the railway. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background In 2021 Gwen McNeil, an RMT rep based at Scotrail’s Perth depot, produced a short video story of her time as a trade union rep on the railway in Scotland. The video story comprises a selection of images captured by Gwen during...
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Video 5 mins
Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...everyday lives and raised the self-esteem of ordinary Scots at a time in Scotland’s history when this was at a low ebb. Burns was also not afraid to challenge rank, title and wealth, sometimes to the displeasure of his editors. For example, terrified by the prospect of revolution that might be inspired by songs such as ‘A Man’s a Man’, a hymn to democracy and for...
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Article 10 mins
Introduction to number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to number theory

...everyday life, in particular to applications, such as the prevention of errors in ID numbers and in cryptography. You should now be able to: find quotients and remainders from integer division apply Euclid’s algorithm and backwards substitution understand the definitions of congruences, residue classes and least residues add and subtract integers, modulo n, multiply...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...everyday language. However, research shows that wellbeing can mean different things to different people. For example, when we asked Open University students to sum up what wellbeing meant to them, some used words such as ‘contentment’, ‘calmness’ and ‘happiness’ that indicated they thought wellbeing was focused on aspects of mental health. However, other...
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Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...English Literature, Creative Writing and Classical Studies today...In the eighteenth century and into the early part of the nineteenth, considerable numbers of aristocratic men (and occasionally women) travelled across Europe in pursuit of education, social advancement and entertainment, on what was known as the Grand Tour. A central objective was to gain exposure to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...English and German. Vokabular die Farbe … colour rosa… pink gelb… yellow grün… green orange… orange schwarz… black rot… red grau… grey blau… blue Saying what you like Mir gefällt… and ich mag... are two ways of saying I like… Mir gefällt … am besten and Ich mag am liebsten... are two ways of saying I like best. To say what your favourite is, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs