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How can I cope with exam stress?
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress?

...work. But sometimes stress levels can get out of hand, particularly at the end of an academic year. When you become stressed, the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system gets switched on. Initially this is a good thing, because it is the activation of this system that releases the neurochemical adrenaline – and this stimulates you to get going and focus on...
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The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...Working in familiar places tends to help as I have learned how to manoeuvre my body in those spaces and can take care of regular trip or bump hazards. Sore muscles and joints – as either super active and needing to move a lot or being stuck in an awkward position for hours as I’ve not recognised the passage of time, my muscles and joints are rarely in the...
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The Extraordinary Rosa Parks
History & The Arts

The Extraordinary Rosa Parks

...work when she boarded the bus. America was a nation in which racial segregation was not only prevelant, but had been given legal blessing. African Americans were obliged to travel at the back of Alabama buses and Rosa, dutifully, walked down the bus to sit in the area allowed for passengers who were not white. The bus continued to fill, though, and the driver, J Fred...
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‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds
Education & Development

‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds

...work and family and gender identity, belonging and support at the university curriculum and teaching and learning practices. We worked with a sample of nine students who self-identified as British South Asian from Pakistani or Indian backgrounds using visual narratives, semi-structured online interviews and two group workshops. We analysed quantitative data on students’...
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How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...working to understand whether this changes the effectiveness of intergroup contact and the potential implications for a more harmonious society...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. In 1954, Gordon Allport, a Harvard academic published ‘The Nature of Prejudice’. In one of the thirty-one chapters, he discussed...
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Brain-inspired computing: a new paradigm for sustainable AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain-inspired computing: a new paradigm for sustainable AI

...works like a brain, not just software that thinks like one. Neuromorphic computing Instead of running brain-inspired software (ANN) on conventional hardware, neuromorphic computing is a hardware replication of our brain's neurons and synapses, emulating how the brain passes and processes information. Memory and processing happen in the same place, just as neurons and...
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Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...working. Following extensive research with pain specialists across the UK and internationally, we’ve developed a framework for delivering effective pain management for children. There are four components. The first is creating knowledgeable, confident practitioners. Many nurses can feel nervous about giving too much pain medicine. And when nurses are not feeling...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...work-life balance to avoid burning out, and might consider adopting mindfulness practices to enhance their efficiency and better cope with the pressure of the modern workplace. Yet this preoccupation with narrow economic value is being challenged and expanded by broader conceptions of business or organisational value. Here value is defined as the ability of an...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs