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Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?

...Open Sport & Exercise Medicine found that some rugby players seem to wear protective headgear to give them the confidence not to worry about getting injured. And that as a result, players may display reckless tackling behaviours that may increase the risk of serious injuries such as concussions. But the issue of concussion in rugby is not just limited to the youth game....
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Do independent enterprises really matter?
Money & Business

Do independent enterprises really matter?

...resources to invest in your best ideas, so it’s likely to be the best way to remain innovative, scale up your product or service, and disseminate the benefits more widely – yes, there are cases of corporations using their acquisitive powers to shelve, or even strangle, innovative ideas, but innovation is the more likely outcome. Large firms are often better regulated...
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...resources from pursuing truly dangerous suspects, in order to watch everyone, is a really bad idea. If it takes a conservative 20 intelligence and security staff to monitor a suspect 24/7, the state would need to figure out how to muster the 1.2 billion staff and associated resources to keep tabs on the UK’s 60m-plus people. And if it can’t monitor all of us 24/7, the...
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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...education is potentially problematic; it is open to multiple interpretations and can create confusion for educators who work to make all the reading undertaken – in English lessons, in projects and in cross curricula and extra curricula contexts – pleasurable. But in order to foster reading for pleasure in schools, homes and community contexts, conceptual clarity is...
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Caring In Welsh App
Education & Development

Caring In Welsh App

...text on the pages as their Welsh improves. [CCC Caring In Welsh App page] The app was designed, developed and recorded by Galactig. The app is voiced by presenter Nia Parry. Find out more. [Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol logo] This resource was provided by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Parent guide to university applications and beyond
Education & Development

Parent guide to university applications and beyond

...who have attended university recently. They take you through the application process, show how to get started with Student Finance and ways to support your young person with this big step. [University of South Wales logo] This resource was provided by the University of South Wales and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Number theory

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs