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Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...world around us. This has helped shift thinking from a deficit model to a strength-based one and has been reflected in informal approaches by coaches in sport (Hoare et al., 2023; Kimber et al., 2023). As a result, elements of neurodiversity which in the past were viewed as negative and not ‘normal’, can now be viewed as something to be championed and utilised. For...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...world. Mammals are essentially a terrestrial group of animals, but three major groups have independently adopted an aquatic way of life. In moving to the water, aquatic mammals have had to survive, feed and reproduce using a set of biological characteristics that evolved in association with life on land. This course will explore how these characteristics have provided...
Particle physics
Science, Maths & Technology

Particle physics

...world. Several concepts that you may already be familiar with, including atoms and energy, will be explored. You will also look at the various types of particle reactions, and the fundamental interactions that govern their behaviour. Subatomic particles are the building blocks of the Universe and an understanding of the reactions between these particles is crucial in...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...World War, most family photographs were taken by professional photographers. In the 1880s, however, amateurs began to buy ready-made negatives over the counter and either undertook their own developing and printing or farmed this work out to commercial concerns. The amateur market expanded steadily, encouraged and sustained by commercial companies such as Kodak. By the...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...world. The banter in the morning, the music blaring, the swearing. I used to run bars and nightclubs and it was similar to that except it was 6 am on a weekday. It is a very male-dominated environment and you can feel that in the atmosphere. It is changing due to privatisation and scrutiny that we are now under”. Postal workers are very well known for their comradery...
What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?

...world of smart cities – are potentially even more profound. In his recent testimony on the “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listed Cyber and Technology as the first major area of concern – before terrorism, proliferation or counterintelligence among others – and specifically called out...
How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?

...world events, Labour was able to bypass a mediated and predominately hostile press. And Corbyn’s supporters in activist groups such as Momentum and the hyper-partisan media were able to successfully amplify these messages. Of course, Labour didn’t win the 2017 election. But its impressive social media campaign will unquestionably influence other parties’ strategies...
Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit
Science, Maths & Technology

Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit

...world Three hundered million years ago (the Carboniferous System), what was to become Ireland was to be found around the equator as part of a continent called Laurentia. The land was desert where wind-blown sand became sandstones, some containing pebbles, which later became conglomerates. Lapping the coast was a warm tropical sea with corals, primitive fish and some very...