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Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...World Health Organisation’s Alma Ata declaration, in which they declared that health systems should create opportunities for citizens to help shape decision about health-care, and that citizens should take them up. Volunteering suffers from similar definitional uncertainty but one excellent overview places it within “a cluster of ‘helping’ activities”. It is...
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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

...world of work. It offers insight into recognising, developing and applying the knowledge, skills and experience needed to successfully prepare for new work, or enhance current career journey. See the Signposts for Work article. We used themes in our design thinking to organise these articles under the above headings and additional themes to make the articles groupable on...
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Free online courses for refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Free online courses for refugees

...world, here are some free online courses from The Open University...The Future is Open. Find out more about The Open University's courses and qualifications Below is a list of resources which we hope will be of interest to asylum seekers and refugees who wish to discover free online courses from The Open University and other providers. These include free courses for...
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Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging
Languages

Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging

...world. Phone messaging adds another layering to our already busy lifestyles, both facilitating offline tasks and compounding busy schedules – another set of tasks to fit in and additional people to coordinate them with. How do we manage the complex multitasking that comes with being online and connected in the twenty-first century? [Stressed woman, looking at her mobile...
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Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods
History & The Arts

Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods

...world with the gods. However, the expectation of heavy loss is common in modern times too. As late as the 1960s, anthropological fieldwork in a Welsh village still found some women wanting to have a heavy period, saying they felt better after one. Medical theory did not always support such beliefs. Many medical writers in the sixteenth century insisted on menstrual blood...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom

...world of business at the top level. However, just how realistic is this depiction and popular perceptions that arise from the show? Arguably not very realistic at all. While the programme presents a boardroom dominated by a strong leader, in actuality boardrooms are commonly populated by a range of opinions and opinion-makers. Further, they are less rational and more...
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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...world. Essential skills for online learning: this resource, developed by The University of Manchester Library, will help you to develop skills to get the most out of being an online learner. Accessibility While all OpenLearn courses are online, most of them will also be available in a number of formats you can download, including Word and PDF. This can approve online...
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Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature
Nature & Environment

Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature

...world. Everyone else has a yard, a cow shed if they’re lucky, but not much more in the way of a garden. Sebastian’s was completely different. It was a beautiful garden with paths weaving between flower beds full of native and non-native plants, each with the lid of a margarine pot hanging from it with the English, Swahili, Kichaga (the language of the Chaga people who...
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