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Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...works for men then it must work for women. It allows you to explore specific female physiological and psychological topics such as relationships between the menstrual cycle, breast support, pelvic floor health and physical performance. You will also find out more about how to effectively communicate with female athletes...Do you support women’s performance in sport or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park
Science, Maths & Technology

Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park

...work, and you get a call from home: “You know that fault on the sequential shunt unit? Looks like this Friday would be a good time to get it sorted. It’ll be easy to fix – just one bolt needs to be undone.” If you are handy about the house, undoing a bolt to change a bit of kit is easy and may just take five minutes. Unless the bolt is buried deep within the car...
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Article 5 mins
Should the NHS have been better prepared for the cyber-highwaymen?
Science, Maths & Technology

Should the NHS have been better prepared for the cyber-highwaymen?

...worked with machines using XP. This is made far more concerning by the official end of Microsoft support for Windows XP in April 2014. While funding to ease the changeover through extended support and eventual move to a more modern operating system was made available, there are still many NHS computers running Windows XP. This is putting the safety and privacy of patients...
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Article 5 mins
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...social, cultural or political terms, a regionalist movement seeking more autonomy for a region, or a regionally-based nationalist movement which seeks a separate state; or indeed it may refer to any combination of these...A Europe of the Regions?: 2.2 Diversity between states - To attempt more precise definitions would run the risk of arbitrarily excluding many of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War
History & The Arts

Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War

...working at the EU institutions in Brussels. From there, I expanded to look more at transatlantic relations and particularly NATO. During my PhD and for years afterwards, I also worked closely with the Cold War Studies Programme at the London School of Economics (LSE), where I became interested in nuclear history. 3. What is it about your specialist area that fascinates...
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Article 5 mins
The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...work, seemed to have sleep inertia lasting all day... 'Power naps' [A student sleeping ] There is good scientific evidence that napping is effective in improving performance and reducing sleepiness, especially if they are taken before long periods of work to protect against feeling tired, rather than when already feeling sleepy. It has been proven that the benefits of a...
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Article 10 mins
Design for urban living: how we live and how we might live
Science, Maths & Technology

Design for urban living: how we live and how we might live

...work and actually inhabit homes that Roger Zogolovich of Solidspace provocatively suggests ‘Shouldn’t we all be developers?’ In this he promotes the design of housing that values the experience of inhabiting a home that has been designed well, for the place where it is, to fit within the existing urban fabric. The dwellings that Solidspace design are a...
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Article 5 mins
Skills for study
Education & Development

Skills for study

...work on? Reading and finding information If you're already an OU student, don't forget to look at the resources, study support and help available from the Open University Library Services. Writing and essays If you're already an OU student, the Study Support resources on StudentHome contains pointers to lots of helpful information about referencing, assignments and exams....
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Article 5 mins