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Starting your small business
Money & Business

Starting your small business

...becoming self-employed...Starting your small business is an introductory course for anyone who has recently set up a business or anyone who is thinking of setting up a small business or becoming self-employed. The course covers topics including structures, customers and responsibilities and looks at the common features shared by successful small businesses, as well as the...
When is the best time to water during a heatwave?
Nature & Environment

When is the best time to water during a heatwave?

...become a perfect oasis for rest and relaxation. But as nice as the hot weather might be, extreme conditions and record-breaking temperatures can wreak havoc on your plants. There’s of course no question, that when it’s hot, plants will need watering, but knowing when’s the best time to do this can be tricky. Evening watering gives plenty of time for the water to...
The Ageing Well Public Talks
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Ageing Well Public Talks

...become a little more important as we age. In this series of the Ageing Well Public Talks, we explore some answers together. I am Dr Jitka Vseteckova, Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care with the Open University, and I am the creator of the Ageing Well Public Talk Series. The series is the outcome of collaborative work between academia, research and members of the...
Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...become completely free of it as adults. However, in some cases the pattern and severity of symptoms changes radically. The adult may become much less affected by certain symptoms, though social difficulties are likely to continue. 12. People with autism all have below average intelligence Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... FALSE While some children and...
What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...become isolated, or because the people they know are not comfortable talking about emotional and mental health issues. Watch the video below with Dr Jonathan Leach, as he explains what you can do if you're experiencing mental health issues. Transcript So what can you do if you are worried about your own mental health but don’t have the social support you need? 1: Try...
Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling
Languages

Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling

...become aware of this, you can work to deconstruct it, and to promote a different configuration of values and beliefs for mainstream society. You can shift the meaning of words and, through this, recreate society. There’s a very big difference between what an artist like Helen Cammock does and what populist politicians and their supporters do, of course. Politics tends...
Warming winters: How will the Winter Olympics adapt?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Warming winters: How will the Winter Olympics adapt?

...becoming carbon neutral and are aligned with the targets set by the Paris Agreement to keep global warming below 2°C. In comments made during the build-up to the Milano-Cortina games IOC President Kirsty Coventry confirmed that the IOC are considering moving the Winter Olympic Games forward to January as a means of reducing the challenges associated with warming climates...
The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...becomes sweet and attractive to birds and mammals that eat it and disperse the seeds in their faeces. The emerged females fly to another fig tree, dismember themselves to crawl into a fig and the cycle starts again. Pity the males who know no life outside the confines of a fig. Pity also the females who must endure self-mutilation to complete their lifecycle. Such is the...