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Health, Sports & Psychology
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
This free course, Understanding service improvement in healthcare, will help you to understand what people mean by the terms ‘service’ and ‘improvement’ in relation to healthcare. The course will help you to think about how those involved in healthcare, whether as practitioners or service users, can monitor the progress of any initiative to ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Athletes with intellectual disabilities; zika virus; empty seats; risky cheating; inspiration porn - a round-up of pieces about the Paralympic Games.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can comedy change your life?
After years spent in dark comedy clubs and cramped rooms above pubs, Mary O’Hara knows what makes her laugh. But what else can a good joke do? She meets the performers and researchers who say that comedy can change how we think and even how we act.
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‘Super-human’ athletes are at risk from the post-Olympic blues – here’s why
How do the successful Olympians cope with the aftermath of the games? Are they more prone to depression because of the sudden celebrity status?
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Life after the Olympics: retirement
What does the retired life hold for Olympians such as Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Michael Phelps? Can they cope with the change of lifestyle?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why are tiger moths making people unwell - and what can we do about it?
Some people can be fatally allergic to tiger moths - and lepidopterism can often be misdiagnosed. New research might have a solution.
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Hammering into hearts: How Dilshod Nazarov's Rio victory lifted the Tajiks
Tajikistan won its first independent Gold during Rio 2016. For a nation without a lot to celebrate, it's a big deal.
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What happened to Rio 2016's leftover food?
Gourmet chefs fed the athletes of the Olympic Games. Then, they fed the poor.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero
Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan didn't quite make it to the podium - but her performance still helped lift a country hit by a doping scandal.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Caster Semenya's 800 metres victory at Rio hasn't been met with universal acclaim, as it reopens the debate over hyperadrogenic atheletes.
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Money & Business
Managing virtual project teams
Many projects are now ‘virtual’, i.e. some or all of the team are located remotely and may be working in different time zones. The project manager needs all the traditional soft skills, and more. This free course, Managing virtual project teams, looks at knowledge and techniques which underpin team selection and then consider the additional ...
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Information security
Information security underpins the commercial viability and profitability of enterprises of all sizes and the effectiveness of public sector organisations. This free course begins by explaining why information security and its management are important for any modern organisation and to every individual. You need to be familiar with an ...