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Health, Sports & Psychology
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
The ability to recover quickly from an intensive training session or match can be extremely advantageous to sports performers. Sport and fitness participants are increasingly using strategies such as ice baths and compression clothing to enhance their recovery from intensive exercise, but how effective are these strategies? Do they really speed ...
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Emotions and emotional disorders
In this free course, Emotions and emotional disorders, you will learn about some of the disorders related to the feelings of stress, sadness and anxiety including how these disorders are diagnosed, their biological correlates, and evidence of their possible causes.
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Money & Business
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Does the recruitment and selection process fill you with dread? Discrimination and equal opportunities legislation can make this area feel like a minefield. If you are faced with appointing a new employee then this free course, Human resources: recruitment and selection, will provide a straightforward guide to the process: from writing job ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Investigating psychology
One of the keys to understanding psychology is to know about its history and core questions. This free course, Investigating psychology, allows you to explore psychology using an interactive resource. You can follow links to people, contexts, perspectives and methods to discover information, images and links from across psychology. The resource ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Autism quiz text
There are lots of myths out there about autism that are waiting to be busted. Below is the text version of the interactive quiz that tests if you know what's what.
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Digital & Computing
Hacking under your skin?
A Belgian research team have discovered a way to hack into medical implants.
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Science, Maths & Technology
IT: Information
In a world of 24-hour news and instant updates, this free course explores how information is gathered, stored and shared through technology. Learn about the evolution of IT in news reporting, compare different media sources, and develop a critical eye for trust and authenticity in the information you consume.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The Centre for Children and Young People’s Wellbeing at The Open University
Find out more about The Centre for Children and Young People's Wellbeing and what the research focuses on.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How do natural disasters affect mental health?
Understanding why suicide rates in Puerto Rico have risen by a third since Hurricane Maria could help us prepare for future natural disasters. Jane Palmer explains.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Life, Health and Chemical Sciences: PhD Projects 101
Ever wondered what our research students from the school of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences do in the labs? Check out these explainers of their projects...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why is ball tampering such a big deal for cricket?
Someone scuffs up a cricket ball a little - is that really so important? Well, yes - if you believe cricketers should stick to the rules.
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The language used during end of life care matters
The language we use to talk about end of life care matters because it conveys the values we attribute to life and death says lecturer at The Open University, Dr Erica Borgstrom.