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Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)

...children or carers of one of the 100,000 people living with MS in the UK. You will know that between the shock of diagnosis and the dream of a cure lies a long and at times arduous path. Living with MS can be very unpredictable. Symptoms can fluctuate from day to day or from hour to hour. Fatigue, pain, numbness, mobility problems, cognitive problems, bladder problems are...
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Article 5 mins
Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub
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Welcome to the OpenLearn schools hub

...a teacher and you wish to enrol students who are younger than 13 on one of our courses, please email us at openlearn@open.ac.uk and we will deal with your enquiry separately. We are currently working on lowering our age of consent to 11 years old to enable OpenLearn resources to be used by all children at secondary school who wish to earn certificates and digital badges....
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Article 15 mins
Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition
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Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition

...Four people describing the house they used to live to live in when they were children Where I used to live A young man talking about where he lived when he was a child What I used to look like Four people describing what they looked like when they were younger An important person in my life Three people describing important people in their lives -personal characteristics...
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Get started with OpenLearn
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Get started with OpenLearn

...children with their schoolwork, looking for extra study materials as a student, or simply passionate about a subject, we are open to all. While you can access all OpenLearn material without creating an account, doing so enables you to enrol on courses, which means that you can save your progress and earn statements of participation and digital badges. The following short...
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Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...centre of the garden. Answer Your scale plan should look something like this: Activity 5 Below is a scale plan of a new bungalow and its garden. Use the ruler to answer these questions. The scale is measured in metres. (a) How wide is the back garden? (b) What are the dimensions of the lounge? (c) Wall units (of full room height) come in sections 1 m wide and 0.3 m deep....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Was British business always planning for Brexit?
Money & Business

Was British business always planning for Brexit?

...research...[BAE Systems, Govan] Is there gold at the end of the BAe rainbow? Always good to start with a confession: we are what Brexiteers call Remoaners. As Michael Bloomberg says, “it is really hard to understand why a country that was doing so well wanted to ruin it.” Anti-immigration sentiments, a feeling of being left behind by many voters, an uninspiring...
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Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016

...Researchers have investigated these and have identified various factors that can influence the success of the penalty shoot-out. Some of these are explored in our penalty shoot-out game below. As with most tasks, confidence is key. A player who is confident and believes that they will score is more likely to do so. There is no room for doubt in a penalty shoot-out....
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Article 10 mins
After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack

...Research repeatedly shows that social support is the single most important factor that protects people from the after effects of trauma. And this social support can be provided by anyone – a partner, family, friends, colleagues or members of the community. Essentially, any caring person can provide a basic level of emotional support. The best support you can provide is...
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