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‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout

...research shows that resilience depends heavily on the support structures available. In the WSL, access to mental health care and sports psychology varies dramatically between clubs. The FA has announced plans to make wellbeing and psychology roles mandatory in WSL licensing, which is a positive step. But for many players, consistent, high-quality support remains far from...
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Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...research finding from recent decades is that people on the autism spectrum typically have difficulty in understanding another person’s point of view and feelings. 8. Autism runs in families Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... TRUE In some families, autistic conditions may affect more than one person, though this isn’t always true. Parents and siblings of...
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Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...research on threshold concepts and the causes of student misconceptions has focused on the sciences and mathematics. For example, research has highlighted that ‘intuitive beliefs’ lie at the bottom of many misconceptions. Intuitive beliefs are assumptions that students make about the world around them. Sometimes these beliefs are mistaken, yet they are so engrained...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...Research has shown that there was a reduction in the quality of training and sleep for many athletes (Mon-López et al., 2020), which could lead to a detraining effect and loss of fitness as well as an increased risk of injury (Sarto et al., 2020). To prevent these potential effects, athletes and coaches were required to be creative with their training sessions and...
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What You Need to Know About Psychometrics
Health, Sports & Psychology

What You Need to Know About Psychometrics

...research studies have found that people who do better in these tests, perform better in the job role itself. For example, in their meta-analysis of research studies, books and reports, Bertua et al. (2005) found that tests of general mental ability and specific cognitive abilities (verbal, numerical, perceptual and spatial) are valid predictors of both job performance and...
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‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...research – as a story of redundant male workers. The women who led and participated in these occupations are not part of the Scottish – or British – narrative of factory closure and the harms caused by industrial rupture. And this is despite their public significance at the time; the occupations at Lee (February to August, 1981), Lovable (January to March, 1982) and...
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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...research project If you are thinking of developing a project tackling issues of race at your place of educational practice, you might want to access reading lists and a learning group of fellow professionals, which you could find in a postgraduate programme of study. (The Open University offers several part-time postgraduate education opportunities, including a Masters in...
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Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...Researchers collected mosquito larvae from populations near the coast, where they had been sprayed with insecticide, and from populations north of the spray area, which had never been exposed to insecticide. They exposed both samples to the insecticide. In populations near the coast, which were sprayed regularly, mosquitoes were able to withstand and survive quite strong...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs