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Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...manage the pain and discomfort that will inevitably accompany them. There is also the psychological impact of fatigue as the muscular, nervous and cardiorespiratory systems may be working at their limits for prolonged periods of time. Also, owing to the sheer volume of exercise undertaken, sleep deprivation can also be an issue. Roebuck and colleagues (2018) identified...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...manage our health and interact with the health service. As you can see, digital technology and innovations have the potential to change not only how we manage our health but also the way health and social care is delivered by a workforce who will need to be more technologically skilled than ever before. While there has been significant development in innovations to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...Project. The project examines how early visual and auditory experiences (e.g. what infants see and hear) help infants break into language. Activity 4 Watch Video 1 in which developmental psychologist Linda B. Smith discusses the Homeview Project. After watching the video all the way through once, watch it again and answer the questions that follow. [MUSIC PLAYING] [Text...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...manage and overcome the barriers that may prevent them from achieving their potential and aspirations. Addressing life challenges occurs when steps are taken by individuals, sometimes with support, to promote and improve overall health and sense of achievement of what they want and hope for from life. Enhancing wellbeing Two lists follow, match one item from the first...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...Management...Facilitating group discussions: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the key skills and behaviours required to facilitate a group discussion prepare effectively before facilitating a meeting consider some of the difficult behaviours that can occur in meetings think of some possible strategies for dealing with...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...project focuses on HIV. Although preventing women from transmitting HIV to their children has long been a scientific priority, pregnant women are still largely excluded from trials of HIV-related drugs that could benefit their own health. In 2013, the troika set out to help close this research gap, joining with Anna Mastroianni, a legal scholar at the University of...
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Article 15 mins
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...managed, experienced and dismantled...Empires have existed throughout most of human history. They have spanned the globe. They have influenced the way we are governed, our systems of trade, how we use technology, our relationships with the natural world. They have shaped how we have seen, mapped and divided the world. They have profoundly affected how we have understood...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...Project Qualification (EPQ) is an opportunity for you to work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. See previous article in series: Designing your research question Before working through this article, you should...
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Article 5 mins