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Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family has on the amount and nature of physical activity a child participates in. The beliefs and behaviours of the family environment are the key psycho-social factors we investigate here...This free course, Physical activity: a family affair, aims to explore the effects that the family has on the amount and ......
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Family summer learning hub
Education & Development

Family summer learning hub

The school holidays are here, but learning doesn't have to stop! Check out our range of fun FREE games, interactives, animations and courses - perfect for the whole family to enjoy together.
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Article 5 mins
Urban trees - could towns and cities become forests?
Nature & Environment

Urban trees - could towns and cities become forests?

...trees in urban environments now and for the future...6000 years ago, most of Britain would have been covered in a mosaic of woodland and open heaths, bogs and grasslands. Today, although only about six percent of the land in Britain is urban, almost 85% of the population lives in towns and cities. The ancient woods that once covered much of Britain now make up a tiny...
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Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...family members. Jessica Pinchbeck looks at the importance of Adam Peaty's family to his success...In an incredible feat of Olympic history Adam Peaty has claimed gold in Tokyo to become the first GB swimmer to retain an Olympic title, but this year’s Olympics has a very different feel for the competitors with no spectators to provide that extra buzz and to join in the...
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A timeline between The OU and the royal family
History & The Arts

A timeline between The OU and the royal family

...family over the years...Find out more about The Open University’s History qualifications. [A photo of the Queen visiting the OU in 1979. ©John Hunt] An image of the Queen taken by former FASS cartographer John Hunt has been selected to appear in an exhibition at Kensington Palace this summer. Taken during the monarch’s 10th-anniversary visit to The Open University in...
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Ecology and economy under the fig tree in South Asian Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Ecology and economy under the fig tree in South Asian Cities

Trees in South Asia are protected for their religious symbolism, so you’ll find them in crowded cities. Shonil Bhagwat looks at their natural and cultural heritage...Find out more about The Open University's Geography and Environmental Science degree. In my recent visit to Pune (Maharashtra, India), the city where I grew up, at the peak of Indian summer in May when the...
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Article 5 mins
Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...trees...Forests: pledges, problems and climate change solutions. At COP26, over 100 countries signed a pledge to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Although welcome, such pledges are not legally binding. The reality is, despite efforts dating back to the 1992 Earth Summit, an agreed International Convention on ending and reversing deforestation has never been reached....
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Article 10 mins