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Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...Research Fellow with AstrobiologyOU. She is interested in the processes that occur deep below the surface of planets and how the interactions of fluids and rocks might create habitable environments. She talked with Dr Ann Grand, Senior Lecturer in Astrobiology Education, about her route to astrobiology, her current research and where her work might go in the future...Find...
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Article 5 mins
Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Success in Interviews - How to Use Psychology to Gain that Job!

...research has shown that it is possible to improve self-belief by consciously challenging our thinking to be more positive, optimistic and constructive, which then influences our emotions and behaviour, towards being more self-assured in an interview situation. Negative thoughts tend to just pop into our heads and can often be self-sabotaging; for example, ‘you will...
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Article 10 mins
Being an Olympic Parent: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being an Olympic Parent: the family behind the athlete

...researcher in this area is Jean Côté who developed a model of sport participation. The Sampling Years Côté labelled a child’s initial stages of involvement in sport ‘the sampling years’ and these are said to occur when children are aged between 6-13 years. During this stage the role of the parents is to provide opportunities for their children to enjoy sport,...
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Article 5 mins
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...research and theoretical development has focused on effecting behavioural change across a range of social issues. This course focuses on four key questions: Why is a social marketing approach relevant and necessary in today's environment? How can an understanding of consumer/human behaviour help to develop appropriate actions and interventions? Who are the target markets...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...researchers wanted to listen to young children’s talk and opinions about their play. In Sections 2 and 3, you are encouraged to think about children’s play experiences in different contexts. First, you will read about Elodie (aged three years) and how she plays at home as observed by Mia, her mother. You will then read an account by Michael, the father of William...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...research is progressing, so why are he and others like him still waiting for a cure?...[Oil painting titled Sleeping Girl in a Landscape] One of my first jobs was to keep a lookout for lions. There are some occupations that are not suitable for someone with untreated narcolepsy and this is probably one of them. I was 22, a recent zoology graduate studying meerkats in the...
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Article 15 mins
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...research, where adults develop narratives to better understand key points of their learning lives. You will plan and carry out a brief, informal interview with a colleague, and your colleague will interview you, on themes of learning and work. To complete this OpenLearn course you will write a short draft of the key points of the interview and reflect on your own learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...Researching other species can provide extremely useful insights into how human minds developed throughout evolutionary history...Does your pet cat or dog experience emotions the same way you do? Can non-human animals solve complex problems? To what extent do other species have minds that are like human minds? This free course, Living psychology: animal minds, explores...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs