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Does your personality influence your career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does your personality influence your career?

...personality. Whether they enjoy their job or not, again, can be dependent on the match between their personality and the job they’re doing. And then, of course, to get into an occupation you need to be recruited, and employers are looking to recruit people with particular personality types for particular jobs. There’s all sorts of ways in which those two overlap....
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Video 5 mins
Badminton: Fitness and Training
Health, Sports & Psychology

Badminton: Fitness and Training

...level? This video looks at the physical demands of playing badminton. Resistance Training A look at the various types of weights exercises used to develop the specific muscles needed in badminton. Plyometrics How can plyometric training enhance players’ speed and agility on court. MDSA Discussion on why MDSA (Multi Directional Speed and Agility) are vital in badminton....
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Video 16 mins
Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety

...types of activities may require a level of preparation or specific types of equipment or clothing. An absence of childhood experiences with the outdoors can lead to less confidence as an adult. This can create problems for the next generation and becomes self-perpetuating. [Safer parks illustration showing a park with a welcome sign]Credit: NCYA Harper Perry Some of the...
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‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...type. It’s becoming more of a commercial activity, rather than the more pastoral practice that has been taking place in previous decades. And on that basis, you’re seeing mechanisation across the scale and the proliferation of very technologically advanced and very economically aggressive farming businesses coming into the fray. Land Prices in East Anglia 1. How much...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war
History & The Arts

Hedd Wyn: how the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by the first world war

...de plume of the winning bard. Nobody knows the true identity of the poet until the archdruid asks them to stand. Before enlisting, Hedd Wyn had started working on an awdl for the chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod. Due to the war, the Eisteddfod that year was held in England, in Birkenhead near Liverpool. Hedd Wyn had almost won the chair the previous year in...
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Design Behind the Bike
Science, Maths & Technology

Design Behind the Bike

...looks at what influences the designer and the consumer. The films form part of the Open University Course T317 and T174... History History of the Bike and the Tour de France Aesthetics The significance of aesthetics Wheels The history, design and evolution of the wheel Materials Titanium , carbon fibre and the resurgence of steel Frame Design Design through the Years...
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Video 43 mins
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...de la Fontaine (1621–95). The moral of the painting is expressed in the final lines of the poem: A poor woodsman, covered in foliage, Burdened by branches and years, Groaning and bent, walks in heavy steps, Struggling to reach his smoky cottage. Finally, out of energy and in great pain, He lays down his load and ponders his misery. ‘What pleasure have I had since...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...type of dance style and technique. Having the knowledge and experience to teach African Dance forms, Jazz Dance or Hip Hop to students is a great way of introducing them to a variety of styles and can be a rich and rewarding process. However, many teachers in schools and colleges work within a Contemporary Dance style because it will have been the basis of their education...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs