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Open Hip Hop
History & The Arts

Open Hip Hop

...research and share their work in a managed safe environment...WHY: Following two very successful biannual conferences, feedback from our delegates and supporters have led us to conclude that this type of platform is both innovative and essential and requires an ongoing effort to secure a structured, organised and accessible space for Hip Hop Education. WHAT: Our aim is to...
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Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...Researcher, Clare Warren, nominates Dorothy Hodgkin - the first British woman to win a Nobel Prize. Barbara McClintock American geneticist Barbara McClintock won a Nobel for her pioneering work on genetic transposition. Chosen by Dr Hilary MacQueen, Head of the Department of Life Sciences at The Open University. Women in Science Today All the speakers work at The Open...
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Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...centred view Theory says that motivation is due to a person's individual characteristics, e.g. their personality Personality will predict whether or not they will be motivated Ignores the influence that the situation may have on the individual Situation-centred view Interactional view Comment Table 2 Summary of the three approaches to motivation NAME OF APPROACH BRIEF...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...Centre for Modern and Contemporary Wales at the University of Glamorgan, about rugby in Wales. He is an enthusiastic scholar and supporter of rugby, as well as being a co-author of the official history of the Welsh Rugby Union, Fields of Praise (University of Wales Press, 1980). Speaking about his research, Gareth explains how different aspects of Welsh culture and recent...
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How to make the best of your digital badge
Education & Development

How to make the best of your digital badge

...Research undertaken during 2020 showed us that over half the audience at the time was using the platform because of events relating to the pandemic – a combination of furlough, redundancy, supporting others’ education, needing to improve online teaching skills or simply having more time to learn. Importantly, across the platform, 38% of learners declared they were...
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Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...Research conducted by The Wales Rural Observatory (2009) for the ‘One Wales’ coalition government in 2010, found that other challenging issues for those living in rural areas include the relatively high cost of goods (including fuel), transport difficulties and poor access to broadband. Nevertheless, more than 90 per cent of those surveyed said they were satisfied...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?

...researchers have found that concussions in rugby are common, it has been found that concussion accounts for 29% of all injuries associated with illegal play, but only 9% of injuries sustained in legal play (Gardner, Iverson, Levi, Schofield, Kay-Lambkin et al., 2015). Accordingly, Roberts, Trewartha, England, and Stokes (2015) investigated collapsed scrums and collision...
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What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about
Health, Sports & Psychology

What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about

...research carried out in August 2020, which identified the psychological impacts of COVID-19 on businesses, organisations and the individuals who work there and how prepared they were to deal with these. Read more about why this hub was created. The hub launched in June 2021, but we will not stop there. We will continue to add content and already have some exciting...
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