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Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport

...change the next. In which case, if the athlete won a medal in the previous classification, was this a fair win?” So how do you get started? In her role as club Head Coach, Yasmin says there’s nothing better than seeing someone new come to the sport and watching them fall in love with it. “With children especially, they’ll join and their parents will be very...
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From Astrobiology to Parliament
Science, Maths & Technology

From Astrobiology to Parliament

...change of environment; it really suited me. And now I’ve come back to my PhD, I’m trying to keep that pace up! How did you find out about POST fellowships? Just by chatting to another student here at the Open University who was doing a fellowship. I thought it sounded really interesting and something I’d love to do. I kept an eye on the POST website until an...
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Everybody's looking for love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everybody's looking for love

...changing, it is evident that some caregivers still hold these negative perceptions, which include the belief that people with learning disabilities are asexual or “childlike”. Not only do these beliefs hold people with learning disabilities back from relationships, they also infringe on their human right to privacy and a family life, as outlined in Article 8 of the...
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In your garden: Birds and nesting boxes
Nature & Environment

In your garden: Birds and nesting boxes

...change over time. Due to their position in the food chain (they eat insects), birds are also a useful indicator on the fitness of the environment. The shortage of nesting sites for birds has played at least a part in the decline of some of the UK’s bird species. Natural nesting sites disappear as gardens are ‘tidied up’ and so old trees with nesting holes disappear,...
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How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...change something for the better, it helps to understand it first. Also, if we want to teach better, as is the case with formal language education in schools and universities, then it helps to understand the natural biases and blind spots evolution has written into our language-learning psychology. Summary [Baby sitting on floor looking at a book, wearing a purple...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...changed the relationship of humans with the world around them. [A reproduction of the elephant clock in the Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai ]A reproduction of the elephant clock in the Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai Morrissey’s eye remains acute for the small details of social history. You can hear this as she reads her poem ‘The Millihelen’. Note in particular its extraordinary...
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Beethoven: The Expert View
History & The Arts

Beethoven: The Expert View

...changes in musical style and by emotional crises. In his ‘first period’ Beethoven worked mainly as a virtuoso pianist. The second is marked by the shattering episode of the famous ‘Heiligenstadt Testament’, the third by a series of personal catastrophes. Born in Bonn in 1770, Beethoven was the eldest child of a large family. His first music lessons were with his...
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10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...changing your drinking habits. Free Course: The science of alcohol 5: Practice self-care [self care isn't selfish sign] Consciously do things that can improve your mental health. What that looks like will be different for all of us. It could be having a bath, meditating, singing, enjoying a good book, spending time cooking a delicious meal, or just taking time to slow...
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