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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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Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...The history of medicine: a Scottish perspective: Introduction - This unit presents information about how Scottish healthcare institutions were influenced by the underlying social, economic, political and cultural contexts. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Are you making the most of your student budget?
Education & Development

Are you making the most of your student budget?

...than ever to manage your money effectively whilst at university...From planning your income to student discounts - explore this guide to check you are making the most of your money. [University of South Wales logo] This resource was provided by the University of South Wales and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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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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What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...Open University's Environment courses Carbon footprint According to the World Meteorology Organisations, the occurrence of extreme climate events has increased by more than a factor of five in the last 50 years. In their 2021 report, they state that the number of reported climate disasters rose from 711 in the 1970s to 3,165 in the decade between 2010 and 2019. It is...
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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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