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Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...think and decide for ourselves what we want to do if we don’t want to lose the capacity in our vital organs. And we need to systematically / regularly exercise the functions we do not want to lose as we age (and these may be many). Following are the main Five Pillars of Ageing Well: nutrition, hydration, physical, social and cognitive stimulation. Note on Hydration...
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Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...thinking about how you can use this knowledge to run a successful business of your choice. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course Q91 Business Management...Rural entrepreneurship in Wales: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the importance of how living rurally influences your business or...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?

...systems, and this extends to operating a migration system in line with international non-discrimination protections. That said, a person cannot claim asylum unless they are on US soil. The executive order will generally suspend issuing visas for 90 days for Iranian, Iraqi, Libyan, Somalian, Sudanese, Syrian and Yemeni citizens under the US visa-waiver programme. An...
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What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...System, the central bank of the United States. Before I get to Quarles and his qualifications, it’s important to understand the Fed and what it does. Its decisions are vital to every person on the planet who borrows or lends money (pretty much everybody) since it has enormous influence over global interest rates. Its board of governors also influences most other aspects...
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What are nerve agents - and what do they do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are nerve agents - and what do they do?

...system. Fortunately, the sarin used was impure, otherwise the casualty list would have been much longer. As it was, 13 people died and several thousands got sick. Although there were claims that VX was used during the Iran-Iraq war, until recently, the only known human fatality caused by VX occurred when two members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult used VX to assassinate a...
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On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...how XR and continued disobedience are not likely to impact on the British political system. Given the damage that Brexit has caused the UK’s reputation, a change to politics along the lines proposed by XR would be a timely moment in World History with the UK leading in the evolution of a political system that could give humanity a chance to avert climate catastrophe....
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The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...systems to ensure we are ideally placed to help carers access and succeed in education. For example, we have a carer identification system; a Student Carer Policy, which sets out the support arrangements in place specifically for carers; a frontline team of staff trained in carer support; a dedicated ‘Support for carers’ Help Centre page that outlines all the support...
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The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...system change, biosphere integrity, climate change, novel entities, and biogeochemical flows.] Figure 1 - Breaching our planetary boundaries. Source: Steffen et al, 2015 This is not merely a story about carbon emissions (the driver of the greenhouse effect, and therefore global heating), but about all the ways in which our economy interacts with the earth, it extracts and...
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