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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

...et al. (2018) found that swimming training with a parachute (speed resistance) improved swimming speed. Speed training can be progressed by increasing the volume (the demand that the athlete places on their body), load (resist movement or increase height in plyometrics) or frequency (number of sessions per week) of training. Speed resistance training, as with the...
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...et al., 2007; Collins, 2008). If social work is such a stressful occupation, what helps social workers to survive, and even thrive? This is a question which researchers have been keen to explore. According to Beddoe et al. (2013, p. 102), research indicates that resiliency is supported by: factors that reside within individuals factors that reside in the organisational...
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...et al., 2009). Much of the controversy and ensuing debate around diagnosis has arisen due to the fact that a clinical diagnosis is not always straightforward. Psychiatric diagnoses have historically been based on presenting symptoms, and to this day psychiatric nosology remains almost exclusively based on presenting signs and symptoms and descriptive taxonomy. Taking...
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Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...et al. (2018) indicate that, since 2006, in Britain generic work-based skills such as using a computer and complex problem-solving skills have increased continually whereas literacy and numeracy skills have stagnated. Further, from 1986 to 2017 jobs that required no qualification upon entry moved from 38% to 23% and jobs requiring higher level qualifications moved from...
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...et al 2001; 2010). They may embed this practice within the wider school culture by encouraging colleagues who work alongside them to work in these ways and seek to build processes that enable it to happen more widely. Another example is the way leadership can arise by showing respect for other people’s perspectives. In another course within this series (see Leadership...
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...et al., 2013; Law and Perryman, 2015). Today, OpenLearn’s audience is global, and its video content is also shared on YouTube, collectively reaching over 14 million people a year, rising to 22 million during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity, now a business-as-usual function for the OU, has been researched and evaluated to investigate the...
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. Get started with Session 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Candice Lingam-Willgoss and Caroline Heaney. It was first...
An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...et al., 2009). Wound care is constantly evolving and those involved in the care of service users with wounds must keep up to date with current developments. Whenever wound care is carried out it is important to work within the guidelines and policies of your organisation, especially in relation to wound cleansing and the use of dressings. Tissue viability practitioners...