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Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...become probably more effective at what you do. Coach resilience (Part 1) Now, having watched the video, answer the following questions: What was the aim of the research and why did the researchers feel that coach resilience was an important area to study? What were the key findings of the research? The research examined ‘super-elite’ Olympic medal-winning coaches. Do...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ

...becomes quite a statement – not only do you have desires, but they’re different from those of the people around you. In practice, there’s no contradiction between being disabled and being LGBTQ, and there’s lots of us out there. Here are five things for you to know: 1: Disabled people don’t just have sex, we have sexualities [disability pride yellow banner]...
Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film
Money & Business

Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film

...becomes whether it is possible to focus on the areas of greatest profit potential. You need to be careful with this. It is one thing to identify such potential but it is quite another to be successful given the strategic capabilities the organisation has. Make or buy? The make or buy decision for part of the process is therefore crucial. This is an outsourcing decision....
The psychological benefits of multilingualism
Languages

The psychological benefits of multilingualism

...become more emotionally resilient in the face of difficulties. Indeed, multilingualism has been linked to foreign language enjoyment, and this heightened enjoyment has been shown to decrease anxiety and other negative emotions (MacIntyre and Dewaele 2014). Emotional competencies, such as empathy or emotional intelligence, also increase as a consequence of multilingual...
Embarking on a career in cyber security
Digital & Computing

Embarking on a career in cyber security

...become an ever important part of our daily lives, they are going to be increasingly attractive targets for a range of cyber attackers. This makes cyber security an important and exciting discipline to work in, with a variety of career paths depending on your interests and aptitude. Network Security Specialist The network is a key part of any online computer system and...
Business Bursts: Failure
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Failure

...become a target for takeover, it may be a failure to secure a market for the products being offered, or it may be a lack of attention to that market, so that the precise needs in the market are not being addressed. And finally it may be inadequate products, which could be a result of a lack of innovation. Leslie Budd In the last ten years, in all the advanced economies,...
Can you resist zombification?
History & The Arts

Can you resist zombification?

...becoming zombies just as their ancestors feared enslavement. There are different theories about the nature of zombies. Most commonly it is thought that they are dead people whose corpses have been dug up, magically re-animated and forced to labour for merciless owners. Others claim that a potent brew causes victims to appear to die so that, after their untimely burial,...
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...students to the geographical concept of entanglement as a tool for exploring these interrelated factors. Using the ideas of the environmental historian Stephen Pyne, the course establishes that wildfires are entangled physical, ecological, and human processes. Then it helps students critique the relative benefits of trying to prevent or respond to the environmental...