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‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Resilience isn’t enough’: why the growth of women’s football could lead to player burnout

...resources of individual clubs. For some players, the psychological toll deepens even further after injury. One study found that professional female footballers are nearly twice as likely to experience psychological distress after undergoing surgery. Yet mental health support during injury recovery remains inconsistent across the WSL. Millie Bright’s story offers a...
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Starting your small business
Money & Business

Starting your small business

...resources to help in doing this. In the second section, small businesses and marketing, we look at the relationship between the small business owner and their reason for existing, the customers. We look at how you reach customers, how you keep them and we look at different ways a small business can market itself. In the third section, small business responsibilities, we...
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Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...resources (including people) are used optimally, with a perfect foresight of what the future consequences of any decision will be. This makes the modelling easier, but it’s not how the real world works. We don’t have perfect foresight, or complete understanding. We often don’t even behave rationally! In the real world there are inefficiencies (e.g. unemployment) and...
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Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...human being, but no more than 3% of the body mass of most cetaceans - so lung size alone cannot account for their diving abilities. Part of the secret is that aquatic mammals use their lungs more efficiently: they extract more oxygen from the air they take in, and change a higher proportion of the air within their lungs with every breath. For example, we take in about a...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...resources, something that has been shown to work effectively in the past. For example, earlier this year Warwickshire and West Mercia Police began sharing IT and training resources – and even responding to calls in each other’s localities – with great success. Osborne has said that revisions to OBR forecasts have allowed him to spare some of the departments which...
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Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Education & Development

Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO

...Resources and references Mastery Science Educational Materials supported by CARE–KNOW–DO: CONNECT (2023) Energy Savers (SDG 7) https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.27964587 CONNECT (2023) Carbon Neutral (SDG 13) https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.27964578 CONNECT (2023) Microplastics (SDG 14) https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.rd.27964557 ENGAGE (2017) Eco-Phone (SDG 12)...
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Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...resource for research in a direction which has as yet been less explored: the influence of fiction on scientific practice. In many media, science fiction is one of the most important genres in which collaborations between the scientific and the artistic community take place: one particularly hilarious example is the joke physics paper titled “Traversable Achronal...
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Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...resource in education. This free course, Teaching assistants: support in action, looks at how the role has developed across the UK over time. It explores the skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork. This OpenLearn course introduces diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs