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How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful

...mode’) and moving to more of a being ‘mode’ where we are aware of our thoughts, feelings and experiences and can chose how we want to respond to them. ‘ Says Dr Abi Methley, Senior Clinical Psychologist in the Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, co-author of this article and the podcast looking into mindful walking. We are very excited about the...
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An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...respiration. Rates of carbon exchange are expressed as 1012 kg yr−1. Only a tiny proportion of carbon enters geological storage. Question 9 Using the data in Figure 1.10, calculate whether there is a net movement of carbon into or out of the atmosphere, as far as the terrestrial carbon cycle is concerned. Answer Figure 1.10 shows that 120 × 1012 kg yr−1 flows from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Speak in colours!
Languages

Speak in colours!

...des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas’ (‘each to their own’). Whilst this expression suggests that we should never quibble over colours, chromatic terms can nonetheless provide a rich source of discussion for language learners who want to extend their knowledge of idiomatic expressions in the target language. Indeed, there are many descriptions and...
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Raymond Williams a Leonardo Sciascia: Cofio bywydau a gwaddolion
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams a Leonardo Sciascia: Cofio bywydau a gwaddolion

...de Regalpetra (a gyhoeddwyd yn Saesneg dan yr enw Salt in the Wound) yn seiliedig ar ei brofiad o weithio fel athro ysgol yn ei dref enedigol. Roedd ei ddisgrifiadau o dlodi, ffasgiaeth a llygredigaeth yn yr Eglwys a neuadd y dref yn seiliedig ar ddigwyddiadau go iawn, a byddent yn ffurfio themâu pwysig yn ei weithiau diweddarach. Addysg oedd yn llywio ymdrechion y ddau...
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Article 10 mins
Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...De Henau, Senior Lecturer in Economics at The Open University, presents research showing that greater public investment in care can complement other urgent policy objectives...This content is associated with The Open University's Economics courses and qualifications. Care needs to keep growing, for early years and for middle and later life. Users, providers and...
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Video 3 hrs
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...respiration. This is when living things consume food to grow. We look forward to you joining the discussion about your experimental results in the forums. Welcome to Week 3. This week, you will be conducting experiments using living organisms. You might be wondering if you need special licences or ethics committee approval, but as the organisms involved are only...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983
OpenLearn Ireland

The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983

...mode of speech. The girls here in charge of our Folk Museum if they meet tourists, as they do, they have to converse in English. So very gradually the Irish spoken residue that we have here is becoming eroded through the development of tourists. Now of course it’s a catch 22 question: are you going to leave this into a sort of an Indian reservation and have no...
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Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy
Science, Maths & Technology

Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy

...mode, like hibernating animals. So even some sophisticated diagnostic techniques, such as PET scans, often overlook dormant tumours. [HEDGEHOG] Hedgehogs can hibernate for up to six months each year Detection and treatment So how do we detect these dangerous sleeping cells? Fortunately, new studies are shedding light on the characteristics of dormant cancer cells. For...
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