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What is it like being a young carer at university?
Education & Development

What is it like being a young carer at university?

...University. ...He talks about adjusting to university life and reflects on how this time is providing an opportunity to think about his future. [Brandon shares his experience of studying as a young carer] [Bangor University logo] This resource was provided by Bangor University and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. In the UK, many deaths occur in hospital and few people have witnessed someone dying. This article addresses some of the common key questions people have about dying and the end of life, written by a palliative care consultant, Victoria Hedges, as part of The Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) Series. In...
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Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?

...open up about their mental health problems, especially in the workplace. In addition to this legal advancement, large-scale public campaigns have sought to challenge mental health stigma, and increase awareness of its negative impact. For example “Time to Change” in England, which has sought to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination since 2009. [Time...
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Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?
Languages

Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?

...education in the UK, 'modern languages' all too often means those of Northern Europe. Dr Jieun Kiaer argues that it's an attitude that's outdated...Modern languages are not merely European languages. Obvious as this may seem, it needs restating as I discovered when attending a Westminster Education Forum devoted to “The future of Modern Foreign Languages in Higher...
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Supporting women musicians in the workplace
History & The Arts

Supporting women musicians in the workplace

...resources for parents and carers within the performing arts and those seeking to support them, including the PiPA Best Practice Charter. Within the field of opera, SWAP’ra – Supporting Women and Parents in Opera – also does important work to support women and parents. Their website also offers valuable resources for women and parents working within opera, including...
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Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...education. The publication also included an annex that reproduced some of the other published measures of widening participation (WP). One of these WP measures, “the FSM measure” has been chosen to replace FYPSEC as the core measure of disadvantage in this publication. The “FSM measure” estimates the percentage of young people educated in English maintained...
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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...educational but patronising and child-like instead?...[David Cameron nudging public health campaigns onto the public - society matters illustration] One of the age-old problems for ‘public health’ has always been how to get people to adopt more healthy behaviours. How can citizens be persuaded to vaccinate themselves, eat healthier food or avoid obvious harms such as...
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Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...resources as food and shelter or the various ecosystems services that sustain and enrich our existence (for example, services such as nutrient cycling and even recreation). When looking at the environment and humanity, it is not just the diversity of life and cultural forms that is striking, but also the interrelation between them. The environment has undoubtedly shaped...
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