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Bumblebees
Nature & Environment

Bumblebees

...think she chooses a place out of the sunlight? 2: Something to eat In early Spring, when the queen emerges from hibernation, she first searches for food, to replenish her spent stores of body fat. You can help by ensuring that you have a succession of flowers that will span the season. Make sure that you include spring flowering plants as well as the showy summer ones....
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The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone
Society, Politics & Law

The legal profession has a mental health problem – which is an issue for everyone

...think about how legal professionals might be affected by the work that they do. But lawyers, of course, are not simply hard-nosed workhorses. In fact, the mental health of legal professionals is a growing concern. These concerns were first raised in the 1990s and 2000s in the United States and Australia. In the UK, there is growing literature on the issue, but many of the...
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How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?

...think of ourselves makes up our identity. Most of us have many identities. For example, I am a woman, a daughter, a friend, British, and a researcher, among other things. However, our identity is not defined by ourselves alone. We need those who are part of our group to accept us. For example, if we see ourselves as British, for it to be meaningful, we need other British...
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So you've written your novel, what now?
History & The Arts

So you've written your novel, what now?

...think particularly about genre or about who you are writing for other than yourself. But by the end of the process, before you send your finished manuscript out to literary agents, these things need to be clear and you need to be able to communicate this to the agent. Where would your book sit on the bookshelf in a bookshop? What kind of person would enjoy your story?...
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The first geological map of the UK
History & The Arts

The first geological map of the UK

...Appropriately, given the hanging of his map in the Sedgwick Museum, it was Adam Sedgwick who presented Smith with his medal. We are, we think, the only museum, library or art gallery in the world to have one of Smith’s legendary maps on public display – and we want as many people as possible to come and see this enormous, iconic and beautiful map for themselves.”...
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Earth Day on OpenLearn
Nature & Environment

Earth Day on OpenLearn

...think of the longevity of that item and where it might end up in a few month’s time; will it just become clutter to hoard or will it end up in a landfill? It’s desirable to purchase new material goods, but before purchasing something brand new, is there something you already have that could be reused? Could you borrow it from a friend instead, or see if there is...
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How did the USSR react to the bombing of Hiroshima?
History & The Arts

How did the USSR react to the bombing of Hiroshima?

...think it would be a success. It was only a few days before the President had told Stalin about it in Berlin that we had learned definitely that it would work successfully. The Generalissimus replied that Soviet scientists said that it was a very difficult problem to work out. The Ambassador said that if the Allies could keep it and apply it for peaceful purposes it would...
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Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...thinking it also requires the ability to understand and manage trust and recover and repair trust it has been breached. Content on trust in the hub When we began this work, there were few assets on OpenLearn about trust in the workplace, mostly assets that briefly mention it. However, what we do not have in the volume of individual assets we have in the scope of the...
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