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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...changes. Usually, the older we are, the more adversely dehydration can affect physical and mental performance and increase feelings of tiredness. Functions usually affected by dehydration include memory, attention, concentration and reaction time. These free resources look at the importance of hydration while ageing. Do you want to know if you’re taking in enough water...
Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...changing, or had mixed ability, nationalities and the challenges of singing outdoors. Sometimes people don’t see the value in specific group based activity, preferring a wider inclusive approach. I sometimes hear ‘why do you want to be all separate when we are all equal now?’ however, there is room for both experiences, I suggest. In my participatory music work with...
Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?

...changes all that. That’s because the source of the waves this time was two “neutron stars” – incredibly dense stellar remnants the size of a city, each weighing more than the sun. These stars whizzed around each other at a sizeable fraction of the speed of light before merging in a cataclysmic collision that we’ve now seen shake the very fabric of space and...
Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?

...Change” in England, which has sought to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination since 2009. [Time to Talk] 2: Problems in the mild to moderate range Every individual is different, and it can be hard for us to recognise if what we are experiencing is ‘normal’ or not. As the saying goes, “normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine” and...
Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...change so I agreed to trial it.’ Others described sleepless nights and weeks, or even months, spent researching before undertaking home education, having – they felt – exhausted the avenues available to them in their efforts to secure support for their children. School reactions to deregistration varied – some schools and teachers reportedly supported parental...
Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...changed quality in awareness; sensing values, ideas about good and evil or what matters; sensing mystery, wonder and awe; sensing meaning or insight or connectedness. This ties in closely with humanistic concepts of spirituality which embrace: 'aspirations, moral sensibility, creativity, love and friendship, response to natural and human beauty, scientific and artistic...
DIY: Generate your own electricity
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Generate your own electricity

...be fitted to control the current, so that the alternator’s output voltage continues to match the voltage of the vehicle’s battery as the engine speed changes. A dynamo on a bicycle, that produces electricity as you cycle, is another example of a generator. Its basic design is just the same as the home-made generator described above. [a bicycle dynamo] a bicycle dynamo...
Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...changes into a harmful, damaged version of the protein that can no longer stabilise the brain, and brain cells will lose their ability to function (McSweeney, 2022). This damaged tau protein kills brain cells that are needed for thinking and regulating emotions (McMinn, 2023). Sub-concussions in football Show descriptionA photograph of an injured player on a football...