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Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK

...Manager of Women and Girl’s football at Brighton and Hove Albion, shares her thoughts about some of the challenges for clubs in the Women’s Super League (WSL), England’s only professional league for women. As you watch the video try to identify as many of these challenges as you can. Transcript Several models describe how businesses rarely experience smooth,...
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Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert
Languages

Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert

...project organized by ABC Open and First Languages Australia, also serves to promote the local language of Kukatja, a vulnerable language with less than 1,000 current speakers. In the video, for each hand sign that the women demonstrate there is the corresponding word in Kukatja along with its English-language translation. [A truck drives through the Big Sandy Desert] A...
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Transfer moulding
Science, Maths & Technology

Transfer moulding

...projected area of 650 cm2. Capable of producing components with varying wall thicknesses, delicate holes and the inclusion of inserts (these would not be possible by compression moulding). Closer tolerances are possible than with compression moulding. This is particularly true of dimensions perpendicular to the parting lines, because the mould is clamped shut before...
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Centrifugal casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Centrifugal casting

...projects the metal outwards from the rotational axis and onto the walls of the mould...Sand moulding casting: [Images to demonstrate Centrifugal casting (see article)] Metal moulding casting: Horizontal method used for the production of long pipes. [Images to demonstrate Centrifugal casting (see article)] Vertical centrifugal casting: Core used for central holes. [Images...
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PodMag April 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag April 2016

...project, the Enduring Love Study, carried out by Jacqui Gabb and Janet Fink at the Open University, which surveyed people’s experiences of long term relationships. Meg-John and Jacqui draw on the research throughout the book, bringing the statistics to life with individual life stories from interviewees. The book aims to help readers to find out what works for them. Dr...
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Autumn on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

Autumn on OpenLearn

...project, making something with your hands can be both relaxing and rewarding. 7: Take time to reset Autumn invites us to slow down, recharge and adapt to the shorter days. Whether it’s practising mindfulness, getting outside for daylight, or finding balance in your daily routine, this season is perfect for nurturing your wellbeing. 8: Celebrate the major autumnal events...
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Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...manager working in hospice and palliative care for 40 years. Barbara sets the scene - “‘I write this from the perspective of a white western European mother, grandmother. I know there will be people and cultures that will have different views about how we should prepare for death, but in this series of articles I will be focusing on my thoughts about western...
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Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...Project of the Year 2008. He has also received a Philip Leverhulme Prize 2004, a European Geosciences Union Outstanding Young Scientist Award 2006, the British Association Charles Lyell Award Lecture 2006, and the Geological Society of London William Smith Fund 2008. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Geological Society and the Society of Biology, and holds a...
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