Posted by LibeRaCe on May 12, 2008
The Open University’s Open2.net blog portal is a wealth of information and news on a huge range of subjects. Posts are topical, current and written by OU lecturing/teaching staff.
There are also links back to BBC OU programmes (some are even hosted on the BBC iPlayer if you missed them), with upcoming show lists and some free learning resources available.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on April 8, 2008
Eight new Intute Subject Booklets have been published this month, each providing a “taster” of the Internet resources that can be found by using Intute. They can be downloaded directly from the site or viewed as a PDF.
The new subject include:
Environmental Science
Materials Engineering
Film and Theatre
Philosophy
Education
Olympic Studies
Biological Sciences
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Over 24 booklets have been published by Intute in recent years, and you are welcome to copy, re-purpose and distribute the printed or electronic versions for non-profit, educational use with suitable attribution, as the work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.
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Posted by LibeRaCe on November 21, 2007
Modern inner city life is the dramatic setting for both of these fictional novels, but the stories could have come straight from the headlines we see every day ….
Based on the hit film by the same name, this book follows a group of teenagers and describes their everyday lives. The reason they have been allowed off school exposes the true and terrifying effects of bullying and gang culture. This is a book about choices and what influences people to make decisions for the best or for the worst……..
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The main character in this book witnesses his teachers’ murder by two pupils in his school. Jackson can’t talk to a counsellor but is filled with a need to understand why this happened and begins his own investigation. The more he finds out about the boys who did it, the more he comes to understand the reasons why this terrible crime happened….
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There are many organizations in the UK that understand young people and try to help them break away from a life of crime and give them a voice. A few starting points would be - Da Vision , Citizenship Foundation , GameOver , NCH , UK Youth Parliment .
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Posted by LibeRaCe on November 9, 2007
The Professionals: British Psychological Society, Psychological testing Centre, Experimental Psychology Society, Open University Psychological Society, SEMPRE, Humanistics Psychology Practitioners, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Personal Construct Psychology, Educational Psychologists, Int. Assoc Applied Psychology, MIND, BIRT
Psychology News: BPS, Psychology Matters
Psychology Blogs
Find a Counseller: Counselling Directory, Patient UK
Glossary
Magazines: British Journal of Psychology and British Journal of Medical Psychology are available full text through ATHENS via the Ingenta Connect. The Psychology Review, Psychology Today and Current Psychology (along with many more) are available full text via Infotrac. Apply for your ATHENS password in the library.
Jobs/NHS Info/Career Advice
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