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How can I cope with exam stress?
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress?

...feel more balanced and calm during those exams and in the run up to results day. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
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What will Donald Trump do for the environment?
Nature & Environment

What will Donald Trump do for the environment?

...opening to strengthen environmental safeguards. Global commerce facilitated by international trade poses many threats to biodiversity. So trade protectionism could be used to support environmental protection. For example, nations could take action against importing products that threaten key ecosystems or species. At present, such restrictions are determined by consumers...
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The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...opening rounds of the World Cup fans may be able to get away with criticising their own team, but nearer the final it will be much less welcome. 4. Why do we enjoy it when a team that’s not meant to be very good wins a match? Often during the World Cup, a plucky inexperienced team progresses further than expected and suddenly becomes a focus of the tournament. People...
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How do musical instruments produce sound?
History & The Arts

How do musical instruments produce sound?

...Open University's Music courses. Here’s a strange question: how many different kinds of instruments are there? Well, the western orchestra has up to thirty different types of instruments. But that does not typically include instruments we recognise every day in popular music, or instruments found in other cultures around the world. It does not include ancient music, nor...
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International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...Open University's Music qualifications. The designation of April as Jazz Appreciation Month began in 2002 under the auspices of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Back then, posters proclaimed the slogan ‘Jazz. Made in America. Enjoyed Worldwide.’. In 2005, this was altered to become ‘Jazz. Born in America. Enjoyed Worldwide.’, a subtle shift in...
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Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. As part of the Ageing Well Public Talk Series we explore how important it is to maintain well-balanced nutrition and hydration throughout our lives, as well as regular physical and social activity in older age. Within the series we also explore how this knowledge might be used to facilitate...
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Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...Open University. Thank you for reading my first article here on OpenLearn. I’m part of a team of British and French scientists with a new study published in Nature about Antarctic ice sheet instability. Here is a Guardian article I wrote as an introduction to our work. I also recorded a video explaining our focus on Antarctica and the uncertainty surrounding the impact...
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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...Open University's Science courses. Why do astronauts float on the space station? Contrary to popular belief, it isn't because there's no gravity. The gravitational pull of the Earth is almost as strong in the orbit of the International Space Station as it is on you as you read this. Astronauts are experiencing weightlessness because they are in a microgravity environment....
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