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Health, Sports & Psychology
How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
We've come to really appreciate the value of carers during lockdown, but what can we do to ensure that carers receive support and information? The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence standard guidelines are a good starting point...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Women in sport
Ever thought about sports and wondered, but what about for a woman? These articles cover specific topics concerning women in sport, considering questions such as, what if Eliod Kipchoge was a woman? Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport? What about motherhood, what are the challenges in returning to sport or starting up a new sport?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
What and where is a culture? Is it all in the mind or represented by physical objects? Can better understanding of the changing nature of culture reduce our inner conflicts and maybe even help to lessen external conflicts? Laura Tan sheds light on who we are, where we come from and where we all want to go from here.
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Education & Development
Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Dance is great for children's social and emotional learning. This article explores 'Dancemotion', a collaborative project led by The Open University.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
‘If I can see it, I can be it.’ Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
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Digital & Computing
Introducing computing and IT
Explore how computing and IT shape our digital world with this free introductory course. Learn how computers work, how data is stored and deleted, and why online safety and data security matter while gaining a deeper understanding of how technology influences the way we live and think.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
What happens to our brains as we age and is there anything we can do to prevent memory loss and brain shrinkage? This article digs into the research...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
During the Covid-19 pandemic, carers have had even less time to exercise. This article based on Open University research explores the full impact.
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Languages
Public health communication during a pandemic
We've all seen the government slogans 'Stay home' and 'Stay Alert' but are these effective? Dr Korina Giaxoglou explores the three main elements to the design of ‘good’ public health messaging.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Technology in sport since 1969
Ben Langdown looks at the impact technology has had on the sporting World in the past 50 years. From drug cheats to how we watch sport - it's all covered.
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Money & Business
Collective leadership
This free course, Collective leadership, will give you an insight into the importance of how to be a more effective leader, and how to better engage and work with ‘followers’ in an organisational setting.
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Money & Business
The importance of interpersonal skills
To succeed in management you need good interpersonal skills, you need to understand how to deal with other people. This free course, The importance of interpersonal skills, will help you gain an awareness of your own skills and understand that an awareness of the interpersonal skills of others can help us enormously in dealing with the work ...