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Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A sport for sampling or specialisation?

...system is working to some extent. It would be interesting to know if these players were early specialisers. However one could also argue that the current system encourages early talent identification and specialisation which can often fail to distinguish between potential and performance and so for those players such as Cowan-Dickie and Itoje that make it to the top level...
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Article 5 mins
For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists
Health, Sports & Psychology

For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists

...systems focuses on the immediate surge after the event, which varies with every disaster but typically lasts hours to days. Planners need to be aware that for older adults, effects are longer-lasting. Learning from past disasters Understanding how disasters are associated with hospital admissions among older adults, and developing strategies to minimize hospitalizations,...
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The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...use of genetic testing - for more people, and more disorders. At the moment, there is quite a big gap between the scenarios sketched for the future of genetics-based medicine by forecasters and what the health system is geared up to deliver. As with any new technology applied to health in the context of a complex delivery system, implementation is not going to be simple....
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Article 10 mins
Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...think this has been particularly problematic in terms of scientific integrity or research quality? Elisabeth: Yes, I do. In light of the pandemic, many scientific journals have shortened the peer-review process, to make new studies more rapidly available. Normally, it might take weeks or months before a paper passes peer-review, but many recently published papers on...
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Article 10 mins
The working-class garden
Society, Politics & Law

The working-class garden

Thinking Allowed ranges across the history of gardening amongst the lower classes - the role of women, and how programmes like Ground Force threw working class traditions out to make way for all that decking...Find out about The Open University's Open degree Laurie Taylor: Sometime in the early ‘70s I found myself in the back room of a very large estate pub chairing a...
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Article 15 mins
Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...Think of it as the original 'Real Housewives'. In Shakespeare's play, the phrase the world's mine oyster was used as a threat - but today, it has become the world's my oyster - or your oyster - and it describes situations that contain wonderful opportunities. Take US entrepreneur Chris Gardner, who wrote in his autobiography The Pursuit of Happyness: Clip 1 The world is...
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Article 3 hrs
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...thinking, together with profound changes in society generally, will affect every institution both in terms of pedagogy and the physical environment, particularly technology and levels of security employed. This free course, School business manager: Developing the role, will look at how you, an existing or aspiring business manager, can work effectively to support school...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...thinking about their worries and so can relax. Improved energy levels (and reduced fatigue) – helping to improve symptoms linked to depression. Improved happiness. Improved sleep. Reduced loneliness if exercising with others. Improved body image and self-perception. You might have reflected that, through these benefits, physical activity and exercise could offer carers...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs