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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...et al., 2004). Strength training can limit the loss of bone density and strengthen the integrity of the joints offering more support and less risk of injury. Additionally, over time, joint supporting tissues (ligaments and tendons) lose their elasticity and the tissues within our joints (collagen and cartilage) lose their fluidity and strength. This degeneration of the...
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Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...motivation is waning a little bit. You may notice that they’re not so keen to get up in the morning. Not so keen to attend school, do social events, or go out with their friends. Another example could be something like compulsions. Some people may feel that they have to count particular things or follow a particular routine or do something that makes them feel a bit...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...et al., 2020) – more on that later. We identified a group of microorganisms – sulfur-oxidising bacteria – that live in the springs. These bacteria produce the energy they need to survive by oxidising sulfur. This group hadn’t been considered as organisms that could be viable on Mars but knowing they are capable of surviving under conditions that are very similar...
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Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...et al., 2004). One of the leading exponents of this emerging field of behavioural finance, Werner de Bondt, suggests that: For at least forty years psychologists have amassed evidence that economic man is very unlike a real man and that reason – for now, defined by the principles that underlie expected utility theory, Bayesian learning and rational expectations – is...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...et al. (2018) indicate that, since 2006, in Britain generic work-based skills such as using a computer and complex problem-solving skills have increased continually whereas literacy and numeracy skills have stagnated. Further, from 1986 to 2017 jobs that required no qualification upon entry moved from 38% to 23% and jobs requiring higher level qualifications moved from...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...et al., 2011). They found clear similarities in the domestic play of all the children – for example, in the use of natural materials and everyday items (pots, pans, wraps, bags, buggies and dolls) in their games. The children also often used one object to symbolise something else in their play, like Selin in Turkey whose cooking pot became a hat, much to the amusement...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...motivation? ethical behaviour? citizenship? responsibility? Ironically, while the UK is looking eastwards, China is looking to the west – and turning to British-style education because Chinese parents find it more creative. Part 2, to be posted after Episode 3 of the series is shown, looks in detail at the results of the tests which were taken by Year 9 at Bohunt School...
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Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
History & The Arts

Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?

...motivational researchers, Edward Bernays and Ernst Dichter first uncovered the importance of the subconscious – including sexual desire – in the purchasing of products in the 1930s, sex has been important to marketing. Bernays and Dichter showed how marketplace decisions are driven by emotions and subconscious whims and fears. Doubtless Ashley Madison’s reminder...
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