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Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...World Anti-Doping Agency, 2021). While a prohibited substance is probably easily understood, a prohibited method needs a little further explanation. For example, a prohibited method might include genetic manipulation to gain advantage. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E315 Contemporary sport and exercise issues...Doping: a...
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...world is changing – and changing fast. In many areas of life the old certainties are no more, and new solutions to old, new and future problems are needed. To survive, organisations have had to become more responsive and flexible enough to react quickly to environmental changes. Moreover, in high-wage economies, they have had to become creative enough to add value...
Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)

...world diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), you may have seen recent media stories about advances in the use of drugs to treat this complex and unpredictable neurological condition. I have read many such stories over the last 15 years since being diagnosed. Often these have been sent to me by well-meaning friends or family desperate to let me know there is hope, the...
Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1914 - Gifts for injured soldiers

...World War Studies. Regardless of whether the population or politicians had expected the conflict to have been concluded, as Christmas 1914 approached it was clearly going to be a festive season where "peace on Earth" was unlikely. The Royal Family attempted to bring some festive cheer to troops who had been sent back, wounded, from the front. Soldiers In Hospital Gifts...
Being heard
Education & Development

Being heard

...world. I am curious about our diversity in communicating and the challenges for those individuals or groups who find themselves struggling to be heard. I have found it tough to whittle down my course selection, but I would prioritise the following areas of study on OpenLearn: The history of communication from earliest pictorial characters to our modern emojis. Maybe we...
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Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...world, social workers would be able to ask further questions before coming to a decision. Obviously, that's not possible online, but we've tried to give you enough information to make an informed choice. This activity uses JavaScript - a feature included in most recent web browsers. If the activity doesn't work then you should check that this feature hasn't been switched...
Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...of usage of the English language. Let’s get our priorities right! Maybe if so-called “creative" get a few minutes exposure to the space environment, it may help to educate them as to what is really important – namely the Universe beyond their little worlds! [A branch of FCUK and the large Hadron collider] FCUK versus CERN: Where is the real creative thought?...
Herodotus 'The Histories'
History & The Arts

Herodotus 'The Histories'

...world of his own time, offering a narrative discourse that reflects on conflicts in the past that had given rise to its present organisation. He remarks on noteworthy deeds of Greek and non-Greek people, placing his narrative in the context of towns and cities that had risen and fallen. In ‘The Histories’, Herodotus is carrying out one of the earliest known...