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Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?

...researchers are increasingly becoming interested in the associations between such psychological factors and heart disease, particularly in women. The faster a heart attack is treated after it occurs, the less heart muscle is lost and the lower the risk of death and disability as a result. For both men and women the most common symptom of a heart attack is chest pain. But...
Studying natural sciences bilingually
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying natural sciences bilingually

...research, education and conservation to media, business and management, to name but a few. Studying a course in Welsh could open even more doors, with an increasing number of employers looking for graduates with bilingual skills. The ability to discuss a subject at a highly technical level in more than one language is acknowledged as a valuable skill by employers in Wales...
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...children in the world under the age of five are overweight or obese, while 155 million children in the same age group are too short for their age and a further 52 million children in this age group are too thin for their height (WHO, 2017). The problem of malnutrition goes hand-in-hand with poverty and poverty makes nutritious food unaffordable. In Activity 1, you will...
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The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...children ‘sample’ a range of different sports (Côté, 1999). From this initial entry phase into sport, people go on to have different relationships and experiences associated with sport whether through participation or, in some cases, as a career. What transitions have you experienced so far? Activity 2 Your journey so far Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Whether you...
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...Research in the USA found that the manager’s day included a series of short, unconnected activities. At first sight, a lot of the things that managers spend their time doing don’t seem clearly connected to the achievement of their goals. In an article in the Harvard Business Review, ‘What effective general managers really do’, John P. Kotter examined the seemingly...
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...children outside. And that budgerigar changed his life. And I recorded this interview with him and I then recorded a prison chaplain talking about the journey people go on in prison. I put the two interviews together with a bit of music and it won a Sony Gold. It took me a day and a half to make! Can you mix natural history with environmental issues? I don’t think...
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...research his best-selling book The English. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is Ade Thomas and I am the founder of Green.TV which is an online platform for publishing sustainability, clean tech and conservation video content. This is what I do So, Green.TV’s mission is to communicate conservation, clean tech and sustainability issues. We do that via what we...
General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...Centre talks to Professor Linda Colley of Princeton University about her book 'Acts of Union and Disunion' and the wider issues of the union of the United Kingdom, national identity and devolution. This event was hosted by The Open University in Wales in partnership with Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre in March 2014. 66 days: It was announced 29,474,000...