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Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?

...physical abuse. The colour of our skin was mocked as was our clothing. It always makes me smile when I walk past the tanning aisles in a supermarket as people stand there selecting which shade of skin they would like to be. I can’t help but make cheeky eye contact with someone as they decide. The irony isn’t lost on me and nor has how clothing and fashion have changed...
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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...Physics at the University of Bern. From 2008 to 2015 he co-chaired Working Group I "The Physical Science Basis" of the IPCC, the United Nations Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. Thomas Stocker has co-authored more than 200 publications; he holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Versailles and has received several awards for his work. He is a Fellow...
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Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...physical and cognitive changes that occur during childhood?' As you work through this material, you will also gain a deeper understanding concerning how psychologists work with young children across a range of applied settings through activities and audio-visual materials...Childhood is a time of rapid growth and development, and studying these changes is endlessly...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...physical development. Building a strong, communicative relationship with parents is equally important as it ensures consistency, trust, and mutual support between the home and nursery environments. This collaboration significantly benefits the child’s overall development and wellbeing, creating a holistic support system that nurtures the child in their most formative...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...physical. It’s social. And indeed it’s spiritual. So those elements create health and wellbeing. And of course the determinants of health, we now know, very clearly lie outside of individual behaviours. They lie in a multitude of factors. So for me health is a feeling of wellbeing. Irrespective of what my physical health may indicate and the limitations I may have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...physics of the Earth”. Key to this idea of a “unity of nature” was the geographical link between the organisms and specimens that had been collected, and the measurements of the physical world that had been made with instrumentation. A focus on geography required him to develop new techniques, such as isotherms, for displaying his observations and they allowed him...
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Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...physical properties (solubility, size, lipophilicity) that necessarily accompany effectiveness and selectivity in vivo. Much of the lead optimisation process, which involves the iterative synthesis of analogue structures to hone the activity of a molecule, balanced with appropriate physicochemical properties required to achieve good pharmacokinetic (what the body does to...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...physical activity or healthy food supply. In addition to all these – and interacting with them – is the promotion (marketing and advertising) of unhealthy foods in the media and elsewhere, which has been shown to increase children’s eating. From their earliest days, children recognise more unhealthy than healthy food brand logos, knowledge that increases rapidly...
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