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Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...health and wellbeing Research in practice Finding and filling the gaps Sustainability and citizenship Equity, diversity and inclusion Practitioner development Mentoring and approaches to professional learning Learning as a journey The sessions were led by Open University academic and external engagement staff and explored the themes and topics in a highly interactive,...
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Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt
Health, Sports & Psychology

Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt

...health : the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on BME populations Research Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women admitted to hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK: national population based cohort study. BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2107 (Cyhoeddwyd 8 Mehefin 2020) BMJ 2020;369:m2107 BBC / David Harewood (2 Mawrth 2021) Is Covid...
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How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...Health Science courses and qualifications. What is FMRI? [Brain image produced by FMRI [Image: FMRIB Centre]] Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or FMRI, works by detecting the changes in blood oxygenation and flow that occur in response to neural activity – when a brain area is more active it consumes more oxygen and to meet this increased demand blood flow...
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Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?
Education & Development

Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?

...health issue*, and it does not need to be cured. Asexuality is also neither abstinence nor celibacy, both of which are conscious behavioural choices that any person of any sexuality may engage in. If a person identifies as Asexual, it simply means that they either do not experience sexual attraction to any person, or they experience it so rarely or only under very...
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The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education
Society, Politics & Law

The world will have to wait until 2084 for universal secondary school education

...health, gender equality and women’s empowerment, sustainable production and consumption, resilient cities, and more equal and inclusive societies. It feels like I end every reflection on development issues with a sense of urgency, but the new report provides stark evidence that urgency is needed. Education must be at the forefront of every agenda. [The Conversation]This...
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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
Society, Politics & Law

The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...Health & Wellbeing Company. They obtained the right to do so when the original owners sold up and left for South Africa in the 1930s, where they founded the British & African Cereal Company. As was actually rather common during the empire, the company subsequently expanded to the UK, buying a disused Northamptonshire mill at Burton Latimer to market its product, which put...
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The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...health and climate, it is perhaps useful to consider how we can develop capabilities for the care of our material world and provide new opportunities to decarbonise our product environment through better design and different practices of use. In the last fifty or so years we have seen huge advancements in technology and yet product lifespans, in many cases, have decreased...
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St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

St Lucia reimagined: marketing a Swedish festive icon

...of pure foods in Great Britain’, Discourse, Context and Media, 34, doi: 10.1016/j.dcm.2019.100325. Runefelt, L. (2024) ‘A Cheap and Tasty Way to Health: Advertising Coffee Substitutes in Sweden, 1870–1914’ in L.A. O’Hagan and G. Eriksson (eds) Food Marketing and Selling Healthy Lifestyles with Science: Transhistorical Perspectives. London: Routledge....
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