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Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...introduction to masters level study in neurosciences and mental health. Focusing on anxiety, you will consider key issues concerning diagnosis, causes and interventions. You will also learn how to evaluate news items, and to go behind the headlines and begin to explore some of the more contemporary and controversial findings within the field...This free advanced level...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...manages the green spaces in the town (comprising whopping 25% of the town) with many events from music, open-air cinema to regular activities including walking, running and sailing. If you are into cycling, Dr Mike Dodd’s Red Way Nature Trail, provides suggestions for an 18 km, sight-seeing experience around Milton Keynes’s cycling red ways. If you are short on time...
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Ageing, health inequalities and person-centred care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and person-centred care

...management and delay the ageing processes for as long as possible. In this article we will consider person-centred care in older people through the lens of health inequalities. We will look at the different ways in which older people might experience inequalities, and how they can be supported to engage with the 5 Pillars of Ageing. Health professionals are encouraged to...
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Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?

...manage several risk factors known to be important for disease prevention. The most consistent finding is that breaking up prolonged sitting leads to a reduction in blood glucose and insulin concentrations in response to a meal. One study also reported improvements in blood pressure regulation. Importantly, short periods of standing do not appear to be sufficient –...
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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...Introduction: Why is this course important? - A research project to explore students’ experiences of using and participating on online learning forums was carried out at The Open University in the UK (Griffin and Roy, 2019). As a distance-learning university, The Open University uses online learning forums in most of its courses and modules. The feedback from Open...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...managed? What can guarantee equality and fairness? What kind of good change do you want? Such challenges ask unsettling questions as well as promote alternative visions of what is meant by development...Global development requires thinking about social, economic, political, cultural and environmental change in ways that acknowledge the complexity and interconnectedness of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...project management, or I could do something different, which is to start managing people more and perhaps get to the point where I have my own team. Which I think sounds like something I might be interested in actually. MALE SPEAKER It's tough though, to be in a crossroads. I mean, I remember myself, when I was at a career crossroads - it's probably 20 years ago now - but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...Project Jim Skea's interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer JS: = Jim Skea, Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow RH: Jim Skea thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by us. Can I start by asking you when, was it that you first got interested in energy? JS: I first got interested in energy way back, it was actually during the first energy crisis which was...
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