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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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Why do we keep running?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do we keep running?

...think that running is popular because it has its feet in both camps of sport and exercise. It is a permissible public activity because of its associations with sport (unlike Zumba or Body Pump, for example). The industrial revolution has swept away most of our forests and green spaces, and in doing so changed completely our ways of working, leaving us desperately...
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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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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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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 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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Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies

...think spiritual experiences only exist in relation to having a particular religion or faith. Actually, spirituality is much more broadly defined. It can relate to anything which helps us to see ourselves as part of – and connected to – a much greater whole. This might be in terms of a connection to a divine being as part of religion or faith but can also be a...
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