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10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...manage the digital-related stress of technology 8: Sleep well [person asleep in bed with their feet poking out of the duvet] Sleep is crucial to our wellbeing and experts sugget avoiding watching TV in your bedroom to help you sleep better. You can practice mindfulness or meditation before bed, avoid screens (TVs, phones or tablets) just before bed time, or run yourself a...
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The Z Files: Tony Waithe
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Tony Waithe

...managed to put it out, but for a few years I had it in the back of my mind what if? If the main route is blocked you need to have an alternative route of escape. Benjamin Zephaniah Wow. That’s very important yeah. Tony Waithe Yeah very important. Benjamin Zephaniah I don’t know how to put this, I’m going to put this really delicately, you know, you don’t look like...
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What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...manage key aspects of cities such as traffic flows, AI might make decisions humans don’t agree with but are powerless to change. Whether these automated technologies and indeed, technologies in general, are inherently good or bad is difficult to determine. A hammer can be used to rob a bank and used to hammer in nails as part of a DIY project. The same may apply to new...
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Article 5 mins
Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia
History & The Arts

Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia

...manage your multiple identities? This is what I sought to find out. My name is Ayah and I am an Australian Lebanese-Muslim woman with a hearing impairment. I was born and raised in Australia, and growing up I have faced many challenges due to both my ethnicity and my hearing loss. My hearing loss added another barrier I have had to face, not only in the wider Australian...
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Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey

...manage studying alongside your existing commitments. Or perhaps connecting with others makes you nervous. Remember, design is about change, and it will transform you too. But you must take the first step. Distance education may appeal to you because you seek change without disrupting your current life. And the potential for positive change is a powerful motivator that can...
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Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...Introduction - In this course you will explore social care, a major area of provision in health and social care. All societies face the challenge of supporting people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to function without assistance or supervision. It will focus on one important area of social care – home care for older people. Core Questions How do people access...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...management corporations. Politics moved away from the idea of making society better, and instead became about the prediction and management of risk. Transcript The political narrative, hollowed out by simplification and often intentionally contradiction, took on a surreal aspect. As Curtis is fond of saying, ‘nothing quite made sense anymore’ as politicians’ stories...
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Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...managing references What others said: I saved all refs in a file as I went on. I … found that the best way for me was to go into Google Scholar and to press cite, grab the APA version which needed less modifications, and to save it in alphabetical order. [EdD student, Year 3] I think I would have tried to find a good referencing tool early, but I think I would need to...
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Article 2 mins