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Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...Smartphones and cognition: A review of research exploring the links between mobile technology habits and cognitive functioning. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 605. 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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Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’

...and cultures. Final thoughts... To conclude, it is perfectly natural to think about the question – Is my child normal? But perhaps it isn’t the most helpful question to ask. Something better to consider is – are they happy and are they able to function in their world? You can download a PDF version of this article. Interested in this article? Try a FREE course...
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Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...courses and qualifications Differences There are some important differences between policing in the US and the UK (referring to England and Wales exclusively as they have a particular legislative and governance context). There are some stark differences in the prevalence of guns/firearms among the general public, the number of police killed in the line of duty, and the...
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Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...course of my life and have since dedicated the last four years of my life exploring ways in which people can navigate their loss; especially coming from a racially minoritised background. Even within racially minoritised groups, there is so much diversity within our experiences of death, dying and loss. [candles on a black background depicting grief] What is loss? We lose...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...courses through the medium of English. And in future, monolingual English-speaking graduates will find it difficult to compete, even in their own countries, with job applicants from other countries who speak several languages - including English - fluently, who are more internationally mobile and more experienced in intercultural communication. For many centuries, Latin...
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The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Women’s Herring Strike in Great Yarmouth in the 1930s and 1940s

...courses. Herring women and girls in inter-war Scotland During the 1930s and 1940s a transient group of Scottish women travelled to Great Yarmouth, East Anglia, following the migration of herring shoals down the North Sea. In many of the documents and photographs that are available from the time, these herring women are referred to as ‘the herring girls’ or ‘the...
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What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...courses which make sense to them. For example, it is not too difficult to find a theme which crosses over disciplinary boundaries in literature, art and history or science and mathematics. Studying topics thematically is one way to bring ideas together resulting in more meaningful learning. This can occur by allowing students to choose their own subjects and their...
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How jazz came to Wales
History & The Arts

How jazz came to Wales

...courses  There is a straight line running from the anti-slavery movement and its campaign music from the 1850s, through to the jazz festivals with which we are familiar in Wales today. This line can be traced through the life and times of the Swansea anti-slavery campaigner and abolitionist Jessie (Heineken) Donaldson (1799­–1889). Jessie had opened her School for...
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