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Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...research and evidence, historians often find different evidence on the same subject. In some areas of historical inquiry new information causes new conclusions to be drawn and that evidence as well as those conclusions is then contested. One example is the debate over the extent and rate of economic growth in England during the industrial revolution. Here are four stages...
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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...research has shown that some people experience significant stress and anxiety when they are separated from their phones and can even exhibit withdrawal-like symptoms, comparable to those usually seen when someone has an addiction. Some research has even shown that high levels of engagement with smartphones and multimedia technology may be physically changing our brain...
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The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace

...research paper then presented a framework for emotional intelligence, a set of skills that enable us to perceive and manage emotion in ourselves and others, and use feelings to motivate, plan, and achieve in life. However, it was Daniel Goleman (1995) who brought the concept of emotional intelligence into the public consciousness, developing Salovey and Mayer's research...
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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...centre. There could be lots of reasons why you need that kind of flexibility, adaptability and dexterity, really, with the language. This is something that all kids have very early, and school takes it out of them for the vast majority of the time. That’s not for everybody, but I think, as a population, that that’s the case. So it’s about self-esteem and confidence,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The impact of a Professional Doctorate
Education & Development

The impact of a Professional Doctorate

...made in their lives. Transcripts Professor Hazel Reid - Transcript Dr Eddie Rocks - Transcript Dr Pauline Lyseight-jones - Transcript Dr Tim Maxwell - Transcript EdD stories Read about the personal and professional impact of the Professional Doctorate on OU graduates. EdD posters Read the posters of three OU graduates on their EdD research and how they took it forward....
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Sex stats for the British population
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sex stats for the British population

...by Natsal-4, a survey collected from thousands of adults living all over Britain...Find out more about The Open University’s statistics qualifications. Please check back in the autumn of 2026, when the updated interactive with the findings from Natsal-4 will be published. If you want to learn more about the research behind this interactive, check out www.natsal.ac.uk...
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Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...children don’t have to worry about me. I’m quite capable of looking after myself, because they have their families to look after. They have their work to go to. So they’re there if I need them. But if I can keep myself healthy as long as possible I can, it’s off their shoulders. They don’t have to worry. And that’s the main thing with me. Bernadette McGreevy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...researchers are slowly getting closer to unravelling its mystery. [The Nightmare by Johann Heinrich Füssli] The Nightmare by Johann Heinrich Fussli Hallucinations and risk factors Sleep paralysis episodes typically occur either early in the night, as someone is falling asleep, or towards the end of the night, as someone is waking up. There are three categories of...
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