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The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...think about crowd behaviour and consider traditional dilemmas of being in crowds. Others will be less obvious, such as the seemingly intimate and private act of charitable giving to the homeless. Yet the focus of the course will at all points be how the 'social' permeates our day-to-day conduct, and often in ways we are not necessarily aware of it. We are in the presence...
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...think through the various ways that we can do this. I shall split it into different types: Interviews Conversations. Definition: Respondent For ease of writing, I will tend to use another unusual term in writing about interviews. A respondent is a person who is asked questions and whose answers are considered by an inquirer. It is significant that I have used this term...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance

...think differently about what it takes to allow them to fulfil their potential, because it won’t always be the same things that have worked for the men. In the same weekend that Brigid Kosgei broke the women’s marathon record, Eliud Kipchoge performed a feat some never thought possible as he broke the 2-hour barrier for running a marathon. To achieve this Kipchoge had...
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...think of them as mentors at the time? Make a note of them in the box below. b.With those people and experiences in mind, use the box to write a sentence or paragraph that describes your own definition of mentoring. Comment Mentors come in all shapes and sizes. The relationship might be deliberately set up or develop organically. Usually, a mentor will have more experience...
Personal branding for career success Badge icon
Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...think about taking other courses. ['Personal branding for career success' digital badge]...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each week of the course score 50% or more in the two badge quizzes in Week 4 and Week 8. For all the quizzes, you can have three attempts at most of the questions...
Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...thinking about what resilience means to you, how you picture it, and considering your own definition, image or metaphor for resilience. Note down your thoughts in the box below or in the interactive toolkit. As mentioned in the Introduction and guidance, there are places for you to make notes in the ‘Activities’ section of the toolkit. To open the toolkit, click this...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...think. In a recent UK study, nearly 30% of respondents said that they had experienced at least one episode of sleep paralysis in their lifetime. A smaller percentage, around 8% of the 862 participants, reported more frequent episodes. A systematic review of over 30 studies from a variety of countries reported a more conservative estimate, of around 10%. Sleep paralysis is...
Science doesn't know how free divers do it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Science doesn't know how free divers do it

...system. In the very early days of free-diving, physiologists were pretty convinced that people couldn’t go beyond about 30 or 40 metres. They’d drawn their graphs as scientists and they’d worked out what they saw. They worked out what they understood about the human body and the effects of pressure on it and they said: “Well, look, your lungs are going to be...