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How afraid of death are we?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How afraid of death are we?

...studies using questionnaires, we seem more bothered by the prospect of losing our loved ones than we do about dying ourselves. Such studies also show that we worry more about the dying process – the pain and loneliness involved, for example – than about the end of life itself. In general, when we are asked if we are afraid to die, most of us deny it, and report only...
Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...study, 12% of those in relationships reported that their sex life had worsened during the pandemic.3 3. Changes in relationship quality The crux of Natsal-COVID study findings is that many people were still having sex during the lockdown, but this didn’t mean that relationships were the same as before. Couples in ‘steady’ relationships reported that the quality of...
How can you take your teaching online?
Education & Development

How can you take your teaching online?

...skills and knowledge to design, structure and produce your own open online course. Head over to our sister site OpenLearn Create to get started with 'How to make an open online course'. Take your training online At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, many charities and NGOs moved their training online, often at high speed. 'Take your training onine' aims to help...
Learn with Start Up Loans
Money & Business

Learn with Start Up Loans

...skills to bookkeeping and accounting, they’re designed to help business owners understand more about the key aspects of running a business – from the day-to-day to growing your venture. Alongside the business essentials, you can now find courses focusing on climate and sustainability, mental health and wellbeing, as well as trauma and grief. Who are we? Start Up Loans...
Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...small and precise steps that even a machine can understand. Python makes it easy to write the code once we come up with a sufficiently detailed algorithm, but the thinking (still) has to be done by us. Like learning any other skill, only practice makes perfect. We hope this tutorial inspired you to learn more Python and to share your creations with friends and family....
Finding a mentor
Money & Business

Finding a mentor

...skills, and who can give you a new and different perspective on your learning. A mentor should be: easy to approach experienced in the sort of work and learning that you wish to do able to direct you to other helpful people and has good contacts interested in the learning that you are doing able to meet with you two or three times during your module willing to talk and...
Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...nutrition has on training. Community leisure: centres and PR A look at a community led leisure centre and the focus on customer care. Community leisure: Quality and staffing A look at the staff and the employee attributes that the Halo leisure group look for when recruiting. How employees gain the tools and skills that are necessary to provide a high standard of service....
50 years of sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

50 years of sport and fitness

...has rapidly developed since 1969. In this series of articles, we look back at the advances made in technology and sports medicine, successes of British sportswomen, world records and changes in various sports and fitness activites...Discover how sport has changed in the past 50 years Now take a free related course Study with the OU Read more on sports and risk taking...