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Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?

...research is being turned into headlines such as: “Spending two minutes an hour walking instead of sitting can help you live longer” and “Can’t be bothered to exercise? Just WALK”. But how strong is the evidence for promoting accumulated short bouts of exercise and can it ever replace longer or more strenuous activity? [Jogger on a beach] When we talk about...
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Genomic “dark matter”: a key to understand cancer biology?
Science, Maths & Technology

Genomic “dark matter”: a key to understand cancer biology?

...research:...The non-coding component of our genome [the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA] shows the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA via transcription and then to proteins via translation. As shown some genes do not encode for proteins such as lncRNAs. Each cell in our body contains all the information to build and maintain our organism alive and...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...research your next module, find additional study materials and develop study skills, your OpenLearn profile links to your OU student profile to help showcase all of your achievements together. Using OpenLearn as an Open University student Watch our short animation to find out how OpenLearn supports you in your OU studies. Transcript If you are new to the OU, or returning...
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The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
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The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Harris Manchester College (Oxford), Chairman of the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building (Belfast) and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland in Baltimore (USA). Lord Alderdice has received a numbers of award and honorary degrees including one from The Open University,...
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Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...children. In time, even Danygraig House became derelict, and in 1981 the whole site was taken over by the National Trust...Aberdulais Falls: A case study in Welsh heritage: 1.2 Aberdulais Falls and the National Trust - When the National Trust took over the Aberdulais Falls and the associated buildings, the site was derelict, overgrown and dangerous. Prior to the Trust's...
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Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...research on pain suggests that results aren’t all about physical conditioning. Unconscious processes involved in the body’s regulation of pain, and therefore performance, are influenced by the value that the athlete puts on the prize and on whether they perceive the environment as conducive and supportive for recovery. Other people may be the single most important...
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Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...Research in practice Finding and filling the gaps Sustainability and citizenship Equity, diversity and inclusion Practitioner development Mentoring and approaches to professional learning Learning as a journey The sessions were led by Open University academic and external engagement staff and explored the themes and topics in a highly interactive, innovative and open way....
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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network
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Exploring Ireland’s historic army barracks network

...research contribution The ‘Our shared built military heritage: the online mapping, inventorying and recording of the army barracks of Ireland, 1690–1921’ project, a collaboration between The Open University and University College Dublin, has worked to identify and map over 360 permanent residential army barracks established on the island of Ireland from the 1690s...
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