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Health, Sports & Psychology
Herbal medicine
Caldar Bendle gives an overview of herbal medicine, its history and its role in medicine today.
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Ever Wondered About... Hamburgers?
The science and history of hamburgers
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Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness
Explore the personal skills that underpin so much work in sport and gyms. We often hear employers refer to the importance of these interpersonal relationships or ‘soft skills’ in sport and fitness, and in this unique course you’ll build valuable insights into understanding workplace communication, motivation and self-awareness and how this can ...
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Education & Development
Attachment in the early years
This free course, Attachment in the early years, covers theory and research in the area of attachment in early childhood. In the 1950s, John Bowlby was the first person to develop a theory about the significance of early attachments between caregivers and very young children. His work has stimulated a massive and very productive field of ...
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Coaching others to coach
Are you responsible for supporting sport and physical activity coaches to become inspirational and excellent in their practice? This course is designed for coach developers, educators, mentors and tutors who support coaches to improve. You will explore how people learn, what are the skills and qualities of an effective coach of coaches, as well ...
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Money & Business
Making creativity and innovation happen
Unlock your creative potential with this free course on creativity and innovation. Explore how individual creativity develops, how organisations can foster innovation, and discover strategies to tackle challenges and do things better and differently.
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Exploring sport coaching and psychology
This free course investigates how scientific and management ideas contribute to success while also taking you on a journey through unique sporting case studies and insights that will change how you view and study sport. You will consider how the mind, the body, the environment and training techniques all contribute to optimum fitness.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Mastering systems thinking in practice
This free course, Mastering systems thinking in practice, provides a primer for someone wanting to take the postgraduate qualifications in Systems Thinking in Practice. It will help you develop new ways of thinking about and approaching situations that cross multiple discipline and skill boundaries. You will learn to think more holistically ...
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The psychology of conspiracy theories
From the moon landings being a hoax, to pizzagate, why do people believe sometimes outlandish conspiracy theories? Dr Jovan Byford explores.
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5 things you need to know about sepsis
Recent research has shown that one in five deaths around the world is caused by sepsis. Esther Almond tells us five important things to know about this condition, known also as blood poisoning...
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Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ
Disabled people are often wrongly assumed not to have sexuality or interest in sex! Here, Jamie Hale reels off 5 things you need to know about being disabled and LGBTQ...
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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
This free course, Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings, introduces the key ideas and practices of mindfulness, describes how it is helping counselling clients and prisoners, and also looks at some of the criticisms mindfulness has received in recent years.