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Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...work. Factors influencing health, or the ‘wider determinants of health and ill-health’ as they are often called, are complex and contested. Family circumstances, poverty, education, work, housing and environment all impact on our health to some extent. Public health has become ‘everybody’s business’ and is undertaken by a wide range of people, not just in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...works programmes. “The New Deal saw a general drop in income inequality, an improvement in gender equality, a major programme of new public housing and significant environmental works.” “THERE ARE COUNTLESS HALF-BURIED OR FORGOTTEN EXAMPLES THAT TELL US THAT BOLD ACTION IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT COULD SOLVE MANY OTHER PROBLEMS TOO” A...
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Article 5 mins
Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...work on things that they have neglected or not been able to work on previously. For example, understanding nutrition and trying out new nutritional strategies, working on their mental skills and mental preparation, or analysing their technical performance. Protect against burnout. This period of staying at home offers athletes the chance to rest more, get over those...
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Article 10 mins
Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...work. After the event participants were asked to reflect upon questions of identity and their learnings from the screening and the discussion. You can see some of the responses in this pdf. Here’s a few quotes from participants’ comments: ‘Great film and discussion about freedom to move – Alia Syed, hierarchies of citizenship and belonging and how who we are...
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Video 5 mins
The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...works as a convenient shorthand – an obvious example is the wearing of pink ribbons to mark breast cancer awareness. However, this colour coding can also be a cause for concern – there has been much anxious debate in the media about the ‘pinkification’ of products aimed at young girls, for example. It is argued that the association of pink with femininity entails...
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Article 10 mins
Foreign interference?
Digital & Computing

Foreign interference?

...working directly or indirectly for the Russian government have been attempting to compromise the security of internet devices known as routers and switches. A huge number of routers and switches are responsible for directing traffic on local networks as well as national networks and the internet itself. Your home will have at least one router (usually combined with a...
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Article 5 mins
Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...working hard against each other and trying to get the best out of each other. It was good having someone you can work with and push on.” New Zealand has a long history of brotherly participation with 43 sets of brothers having played for the All Blacks at different times. However for those brothers lining up alongside each other this figure drops to nine. This year Ben...
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Article 10 mins
Support for dyslexic language students through feedback
Education & Development

Support for dyslexic language students through feedback

...work of students with dyslexia provided by their institution. Specific guidelines for languages teachers are outlined below. First contact and motivation Teachers are advised to: Find out about any personal reasons or motivation to study a foreign language that their students may have, and bear this in mind to encourage them to do their best and remain motivated and...
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Article 10 mins