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Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...studying this course, you should be able to: explain what is meant by the concepts of speed and power understand the physiological principles that underpin speed and power apply a range of training techniques for speed and power in practice...Training for speed and power in sport and fitness: 1 What are speed and power? - Before you can look at how to train for speed and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...studied Animals at the extremes: The desert environment (S324_1). After completing this course you might like to complete the series by studying Animals at the extremes: Polar biology (S324_3). This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Science...Animals at the extremes: Hibernation and torpor: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex
History & The Arts

The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex

...intercourse did the job. Or, to look at it another way, if this set of common symptoms appeared in a girl of marriageable age, the only diagnosis possible was “the disease of virgins”. [The Conversation] Transcript Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Article 10 mins
Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...study revealed that Poles and Bulgarians themselves are not against welfare restrictions in the UK. But the main point is this: no one really cares. Europe’s migration crisis simply isn’t about in-work benefits for EU migrants. Everyone understands that the issue of benefits is symbolic. It is about an idea of fairness based on a mixture of a contributory model of the...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding Statements of participation
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Understanding Statements of participation

...studying. Click on the enrol button. As you work through the course you can view your progress using the tracking bar. You can also see which sections you have completed when a tick appears next to the section heading. The tracking bar will reach 100% when you have viewed all of the pages of the course and you have completed any quizzes and assessments, if they are...
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Video 10 mins
Wanted! Starlings
Nature & Environment

Wanted! Starlings

...studies in North America found that starlings did not cause a clear decline in native species numbers, but they have been shown to delay the breeding of some species and in high numbers they may locally inhibit and scare off native birds. Starling interference could have future impacts on native species already threatened by human activities such as habitat loss....
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Article 5 mins
Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda
Languages

Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda

...en forme 5) A vos intuitions vous fier, il faut. Use your feelings, you must. - Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones / La guerre des étoiles : épisode II — L'Attaque des clones (2002) à vos intuitions vous fier il faut Reveal Answer Il faut vous fier à vos intuitions OpenLearn leads to free courses Free courses lead to studying French with The Open University...
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Activity 10 mins
Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems
Science, Maths & Technology

Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems

...under license from Outstanding Resources, and is provided here solely for the purpose of your own private study. For use in teaching in an educational setting, you must purchase a single-user license from the Times Educational Supplement website. And a special thanks to Rebecca Rosenberg, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, for her help in developing this activity....
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Activity 1 hr