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What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...manage or ‘psych up – psych down’ their arousal levels for different stages of a flight Leaving this zone has a detrimental effect on performance. Optimum performance requires the performer to be within their anxiety zone and within their optimal levels of emotion. Arousal regulation, therefore, helps athletes achieve a pre-performance optimal arousal zone which...
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The importance of education for students in secure environments
Education & Development

The importance of education for students in secure environments

...management and inferior quality of education, skills and work. Only nine of the 32 institutions inspected were judged to be good or outstanding. Specific challenges faced by SiSE learners Most students in secure environments struggle to have an equitable experience of higher education as they often have limited access to the internet and are therefore provided with an...
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The geology of Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

The geology of Northern Ireland

...managed by the RSPB. Lough Melvin is particularly noteworthy for brown trout and the red listed species Arctic charr. Rivers and streams support otter, freshwater pearl mussel, salmon, trout and white-clawed crayfish, reed bunting and reed-beetle. The abundance of limestone pavement creates a unique calcareous habitat in the exposed rocks with the characteristic blocks...
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Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...manager. Then we’d do it again in the evening.” Caroline Peaty, Mother of Adam Peaty Without such dedication and support from his parents Peaty’s Olympic journey would likely not have been possible. Throughout the athletic journey, as well as logistical support such as transport and organisation, the emotional support from an athlete’s family is vital in keeping...
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Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London
Languages

Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London

...managed to secure permission to have a plaque put up to commemorate her death. This plaque both memorialises Allegra and acknowledges Claire as her mother, but it is placed in a location that had nothing to do with either of them, and was meaningful only to Byron himself. It is sadly fitting that – at least through physical memorials – the lives of these two women are...
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It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Society, Politics & Law

It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name

...managed to obtain an interview using the name David and he eventually secured a new job. I had so many questions… As a devout Sikh, I found it hard to believe he changed his name. Sikhs are very proud of their heritage...As a devout Sikh, which Jas and his family also are, I found it hard to believe that he changed his name. Sikhs are very proud of their heritage and...
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Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...Managing Director/Senior Scientist of Climate Analytics,is interviewed by Roger Harrabin for 'Stories of Change'...[Bill Hare] Dr. (h.c) Bill Hare, CEO and Managing Director / Senior Scientist Bill Hare is co-founder of Climate Analytics, a physicist and climate scientist with 25 years’ experience in science, impacts and policy responses to climate change and...
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Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...Introduction - Welcome to Week 1 of this free course, Health and wellbeing in the ancient world. In this exciting course you will engage directly with voices and objects from the ancient Greek and Roman worlds to find out what people in the past thought about their health, and to consider how healthy they would have been. You’ll be looking at the body from head to toe,...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs