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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...system which centres on the commercial interests of lead organisations and its partners. However, challenges between partners can sometimes develop (e.g., Coca-Cola, one of the football World Cup’s bigger and long-standing partners, criticised FIFA for its handling of the investigation into corruption over the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 men’s tournaments)....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...thinking – to help them form a view of the world. The research of Hodkinson and Hodkinson (2004) focuses on workers as individual learners, and how the individual is influenced by the wider culture of the workplace. Drawing on socio-constructionism, they suggest that there are four interactive dimensions of workplace learning: a worker applies prior knowledge,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...system that may determine the final outcome, in terms of recovery. In the early phase of a viral infection, a variety of immune defences helps to slow viral spread in order to buy time for the lymphocytes to proliferate. One of these defences is mediated by a group of signalling proteins called interferons (Figure 1). When a cell becomes infected by virus, the cell can...
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The science of sperm
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sperm

...system - sperm...Find out about The Open University's Biology courses and qualifications THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE [Sperm] Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in fact semen is far more complex than my endearing childhood image of mini tadpoles swimming around in thin...
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Article 15 mins
Deall datganoli yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Deall datganoli yng Nghymru

...system rhestr, gan ennill digon o bleidleisiau yn y rhan fwyaf o etholaethau i ennill sedd ranbarthol. Cyd-destun: Yn ôl y blaid, hi sydd â'r gwreiddiau dyfnaf o blith unrhyw blaid wleidyddol yng Nghymru, gyda rhyddfrydiaeth yng Nghymru yn deillio'n ôl i'r 19eg ganrif. Fodd bynnag, roedd y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol fel petai'n colli grym yng ngwleidyddiaeth Cymru, gan...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...think wellbeing is different from happiness? Do you feel this article provides an accurate representation of children and young people’s lives today? Discussion The newspaper article uses the terms ‘wellbeing’ and ‘happiness’ interchangeably to describe children and young people’s experiences in the UK during the twenty-first century – you will consider the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...Think You Are?, an already popular pastime has burst into the public consciousness, with thousands of people heading to the archives or going online to discover who their ancestors were, and what they did. Have you ever wondered about your roots? If so, you can start to build your family tree by following these basic steps. The first thing is to write down everything you...
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Article 10 mins
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...thinking that the HE sector in the UK was in a poor place financially. Yet in 2021, UK universities generated a record income of £41.1bn. UCU estimates that university vice chancellors collectively earned around £45million in the same year. The sector has money to spend; yet it prefers to invest in campus expansions and high salaries for those at the top and in...
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Article 5 mins