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Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...work at desks seek out these raw experiences. Then they share their achievements on social media (Bailey, 2017). As well as being a way for people to experience danger in a safe society the success of Tough Mudder can be assessed in other ways and one way is to see it as a means to monetise extreme events. The Tough Mudder brand was valued at over £100m in 2017 and has...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers
Education & Development

Developing reading for pleasure in the classroom with student and early career teachers

...social reading environment that nurtures readers...Key findings from recent research with student teachers in the UK highlighted gaps in their knowledge of contemporary texts and authors as well as misconceptions about the teacher’s role in supporting children’s RfP (Cremin et al., 2024). Barriers from individual teacher reader identities and varied school experiences...
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How does the media impact politics?
Society, Politics & Law

How does the media impact politics?

...social media, impacts our lives: our understanding of politics past and present, our democratic engagement, and our opinions. If we think of politics as the exercise of power, the importance of the media becomes clear: it is a place in which politics takes place. It also becomes clear that you don’t need to be a politician to ‘do politics’; the media can be used to...
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Religion Today
History & The Arts

Religion Today

...social norms and the lives of individuals, it touches almost every area of public and private life. This course examines many of the most exciting and controversial issues in religion today, including the impact of globalisation/Evangelicalism, feminism and environmentalism, and whether secularisation might mean the eventual death of religious practices and institutions,...
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Audio 2 hrs 34 mins
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...work of the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin) and its mission to improve personal financial capability, check out the centre’s website. The centre, generously funded by True Potential LLP, has a mission to develop teaching and undertake research to help improve public financial capability. Transcript Requirements This course is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Young lives: is now a good time to be young?
Education & Development

Young lives: is now a good time to be young?

...working with, or intending to work with, children and young people and for those who have a more general interest in issues and debates related to children and young people...This free course, Young lives: is now a good time to be young?, looks at young lives in the UK today, asking the question is this a good time to be young? It focuses on some of the factors that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Personal and career development in engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal and career development in engineering

...working as an engineer, and what career opportunities are available? On this album, 6 practicing engineers talk about the work they do and the career path they have followed. This material forms part of The Open University course T191 Personal and career development in engineering... Personal and career development in engineering A short introduction to this album. The...
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5 tried-and-tested study tips for dyslexic students
Education & Development

5 tried-and-tested study tips for dyslexic students

...work best...Being dyslexic and studying for a degree can feel challenging at times. It may well be there are some study skills and strategies you haven’t discovered yet that might help you make your study time more effective. Here are five top tips that are tried and tested. 1 Planning is key [Planner diary with the note 'make it happen!'] We all know how powerful a...
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