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Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...mental health problems or were involved in criminality; so-called ‘juvenile delinquents’, to use a term in common use at the time. He recognised a common theme in the life histories of these children; that they had either lost one or both parents early in childhood through separation or death, or they had had very poor parenting. The term ‘maternal deprivation’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...mental impairments need not prevent us from being able to live perfectly good lives. It is society’s unwillingness to employ these means to altering itself rather than us which causes our disabilities. (Rieser and Mason, 1992, p. 15) Many ‘learning difficulties’ can be conceived as ‘learning differences’, merely requiring a different pedagogic approach to...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life
History & The Arts

Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life

...mentally unsound, – on the contrary, I was in full command of my mental and physical powers, such as I had rarely met with in people of my age: physically I could work in a field, mowing, without falling behind a peasant; mentally I could work from eight to ten hours in succession, without experiencing any consequences from the strain. And while in such condition I...
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Article 15 mins
An introduction to the Social Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to the Social Work Hub

...course such as Introducing social care and social work? Alternatively, you could look at an interactive such as The caring manager in health and social care. If you are interested in learning more about studying a qualification such as a degree or Certificate of Higher Education, you can find out more about the OU’s social work and social care programmes here....
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Article 5 mins
Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?

...health, and the management of concussion at all ages and levels of football. So, what is being done to manage the risk of concussion in football and is it enough? [Tributes are seen outside the stadium for former Manchester United player Nobby Stiles prior to the Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on November 01, 2020 in Manchester,...
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Article 10 mins
The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...health, including susceptibility to certain diseases, such as heart disease. Human genome sequence When genetics is explained in the news there's usually a graphic of a whole string of lettering. This is the human genome sequence. What you see on the news is an alphabetic representation of the molecular structure of DNA. The information is stored in the DNA as a series of...
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Article 10 mins
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...mental health and well-being, and engaging young people. Are promotional material was designed. And we brought our proposal to all areas of the community to share our ideas to get community buy-in from a very early stage in the process. We delivered awareness-raising sessions and workshops right across the district electoral area. And we laid out the process to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...health is important. We will look at this later in the course, and in the Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion course within this toolkit...Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration: 2.1 Developing your personal brand - Having thought about your digital persona in your personal life, now think about how you present yourself in a work context. If you have...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs