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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...out that feelings of loneliness can occur even though the person does not appear to be isolated. Loneliness derives from a lack of meaningful and nurturing relationships; it is quite possible to feel lonely in a crowd. Students who have a good network of social support around them are much less likely to experience mental health problems than those who don’t. Transcript...
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Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime
Science, Maths & Technology

Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime

...out of the ordinary: a big-budget-style sci-fi movie, with famous actors, such as Aidan Gillen of Game of Thrones fame, and a subtle yet powerful message relating to the Rosetta mission. Transcript Whatever the movie cost to make, it was definitely worth it. We desperately need to inspire the space scientists of the future – and I spend a lot of time in schools chatting...
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Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...out more about The Open University's Environment courses. What is a carbon footprint? The carbon footprint is the annual amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly carbon dioxide, that result from the activities of an individual, a group of people, a town or city, region or nation, mainly from the use of energy and transport and consumption of food, goods and...
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Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?

...out that the rate at which time flows forwards is not necessarily a fixed quantity. So, what about travelling into the future or the past – is that sort of real time travel possible? Well, the first of these is certainly possible, but as far as we know, the other is impossible to achieve. Time travel into the future is easy – in principle at least. Albert Einstein’s...
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Is democracy a good thing?
Society, Politics & Law

Is democracy a good thing?

...out more about The Open University's Politics courses and qualifications [Image of the word 'democracy' in a dictionary. ] We are used to thinking that democracy is unequivocally a good thing. But is it? Even Winston Churchill, who frequently spoke in favour of the system, stigmatized it as the worst form of government (apart from all the others that have been tried). The...
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How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?
Money & Business

How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?

...out of the 9.2 billion stolen records were concealed from potential hackers through the use of data-encoding technology. The rate at which valuable identity information is flying out of the control of firms is alarming – more than 3,500 records per minute. Around 23% of the top data-breaches over the past five years contained consumers’ identity information – like...
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The 2018 Spring Statement: A first reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The 2018 Spring Statement: A first reaction

...out of line with the rather muted OECD forecast published at the same time - and indeed further out, in 2021 and 2022, growth forecasts are lower now than they were in November). Here’s our #SpringStatement 2018 economy snapshot. pic.twitter.com/bnBgbKSt30 — HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) March 13, 2018 Meanwhile, inflation – which had been expected to peak at 2.4% in...
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Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...out of the recovery movement which developed quite steadily from the late 1980s onwards. A key aspect of the concept of recovery in mental health is that it is ‘a way of living a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life even with the limitations caused by illness. Recovery involved the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as one grows beyond the...
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