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Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...courses and qualifications. As part of the Ageing Well series of Public Talks, I am exploring how important it is, over our lifespan, to maintain a well-balanced nutrition and hydration as well as regular physical and social activity in the older age. As we know we start ageing the moment we are born, it demonstrates more significantly when we reach a certain age, the...
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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...course of the century and, in many ways, Gothic writing developed in response to it. The political instability of previous centuries also continued to haunt Irish society and contributed to something of a national identity crisis. As Kevin Whelan puts it, “In Ireland the appeal to the past inevitably worried old wounds on which the scar tissue had never fully...
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Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...courses Migration is a key political issue, consistently rated by the public as one of the most important issues facing the UK. Most debate on migration focusses on national policy decisions in relation to how many people should be allowed into the UK and the role of the Home Office in controlling the border and, recently, in terms of the so-called ‘hostile’ or...
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Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...new. Science is an ever-evolving process. And that’s what makes it so exciting. Want to find out more? Listen to Tamsin Edwards speak about her research on the OU/BBC radio programme, Inside Science, read articles from the Climate News Network, or to take your interest further, try a free course or look into studying Environmental Science at the Open University....
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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...course applies to everything, (not just windows!) and yet in construction, and especially in renovation projects, it is often only the operational carbon saving that is counted. This is partly because it’s quite complicated to calculate, although there are international standards. Here are three reasons we should consider embodied carbon, despite the calculation...
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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...course there is a lot of investments in both practical terms, infrastructure and expertise, as well as cultural terms, so you need to have a sense of a place and knowledge of a place to really grow great wines. I interviewed a wine grower in Sonoma, who told me he thought that the greatest wine of Napa and Sonoma would not be planted for another three generations, and...
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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...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. But what is microgravity...
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PY Gerbeau on the business of football
Money & Business

PY Gerbeau on the business of football

...course. Individual football clubs have to survive in a competitive market – competition for players, competition for TV income, competition against other leisure activities. Promotion to the Premier league is the biggest incentive of all: this can boost club income by up to £10m a year. Relegation to the First Division means an instant loss in revenue of £6m – £7m...
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