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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...community qualification. Technology is everywhere, and mobile phones have become an essential part of everyday life. According to Ofcom’s 2017 figures, 94% of adults in the UK own a mobile phone; and over three-quarters of those are smartphones. And while mobile phones were originally designed to facilitate phone calls on the go, Deloitte’s mobile consumer survey...
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A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...community...Find out more about The OU's Social Sciences qualifications. [ Three African American women in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance, ca. 192] Three African American women in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance, ca. 1925 This New York City neighbourhood - part of Manhattan borough - has long been home for its large proportion of African-American residents and...
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Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two

...community and political representatives have worked positively within the North Belfast community particularly around interface areas. From Sean Kelly’s statement to the Sentence Review Commission - part of a process to have his licence restored. [Kevin Winters handwritten note and portrait. See details below for text transcript.]Kevin Winters reflects on 2005. Text...
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Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...community’ policing and policing ‘by the consent of the public’ Very decentralised police forces: 18,000+ police forces with varying practices and codes of conduct Very centralised police forces: 43 Police Forces across England and Wales with national oversight and standardised codes of conduct Amount of training varies across forces Considerable training required...
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...communities studied or when researchers themselves are insiders to the issues under study. Researchers could consider how marginalised, minoritised or under researched groups can be involved in all stages of data analysis and interpretation. Jane Seale (2016) invited researchers to consider research with silenced groups, such as students with disabilities, as a political...
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Article 15 mins
How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...commune with the creatures of my fancy. I wrote then—but in a most common-place style. It was beneath the trees of the grounds belonging to our house, or on the bleak sides of the woodless mountains near, that my true compositions, the airy flights of my imagination, were born and fostered. I did not make myself the heroine of my tales. Life appeared to me too...
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Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...community of people, and a system of authority. If it was a direct democracy, then all members of this community would have a say – probably in the form of a vote – on such things as meal times, playground rules, and even the content of lessons. Should direct democracy apply to this community? If so, how far should it go? If not, why not? The point of the exercise is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...communicating about the technology and its results to patients or service users trusting the technology and its processes and results. Technology can also have an impact on how social care and care in community settings is being offered as well as changing some job roles and aspects of care jobs. For example, art or music therapy can be delivered via technology, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs