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Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...courses We know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which we call multimorbidity, and using multiple medications, which we call polypharmacy. This combination of ageing, multimorbidity and polypharmacy inevitably comes with some risks – these are explored in a previous article in this series, Pharmacotherapy while...
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Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...course, healthy activities but may not be suitable for all of us or not at the beginning of a lifestyle change journey. Being physically active also means not avoiding exercise when there is an “easier” or more convenient alternative, such as walking to the shops instead of driving the car or taking the stairs instead of the lift. Being physically active is very much...
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African and Caribbean coaches in international football: is there enough progress?
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African and Caribbean coaches in international football: is there enough progress?

...courses and an elite six-module CAF A-License coaching course. Despite these programmes, sources highlight that participation and progression are often hampered by financial disparities. The cost of elite licensing remains a significant barrier; for example, the NFF/CAF A-License costs between $2,000 and $3,000, which is a prohibitive sum for many local candidates without...
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Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...course, we can use 3D motion capture to look at our performance from any angle, assess the forces being created by, and imparted on, our bodies during sport and we can track our training speeds with technology attached to weightlifting bars. Never before have we had access to so much information and data on our performance in sporting activities. [Sports technology]...
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Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...course, it will affect a small number of migrants on very low wages and their children, but they will still benefit from working in the UK. There is little evidence that welfare is the main attraction of the UK. In short, benefit doesn’t matter much to migrants themselves, to the British economy or to the inflow of migrants to the UK. The fact that so much of the prime...
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Swept away: Brighton's Chain Pier collapses during a storm
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Swept away: Brighton's Chain Pier collapses during a storm

...course of erection, smashing away two piles completely and doing considerable mischief to other portions of the cast-iron framework. Volk's Electric Railway, constructed in the sea from Brighton to Rottingdean, was in several places swept away, and the railway, which was opened with such eclat last Saturday week, has thus early met with disaster. The new large car which...
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Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned

...courses and qualifications. On 25 May 2022, OU Economics hosted a seminar with Dr Ayobami Ilori, Lecturer and Staff Tutor at The Open University and Dr Moustafa Chatzouz, a macroeconomist, who leads the data science and fiscal policy modelling branch at HM Treasury. Trailer Watch the trailer below for the seminar, Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates...
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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...Or the author specifically requests the change Once published, we treat the content as we would any other item - and so it will be covered by our polices on older content and commenting. Please note this policy only applies to material created or curated by the OpenLearn editorial team, and not to content which appears in the 'free courses' subsection of OpenLearn....
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