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The secrets of the brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The secrets of the brain

...adults, as the skull is solid, an excess of CSF causes increased pressure inside the skull, which can lead to complications such as awful headaches, visual impairment and hearing problems. There are several different types of cells in the brain, depending on their functions. For example, there are epithelial cells, which are in charge of creating CSF, and neurons, in...
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How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth

...adults, is a very useful tool to help plan for provision during pregnancy. A ‘doula’, a non-medical professional, may be hired to offer physical and emotional guidance during pregnancy and labour and can be an additional support for a neurodivergent mother. By considering these strategies, midwives and practitioners can create a more positive and supportive birthing...
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5 benefits of giving up alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 benefits of giving up alcohol

...out more about #GoSober for October, head over to Macmillan Cancer Support's website and see what you can do to support this event - https://www.gosober.org.uk References Benefits of giving up alcohol for a month The average price of wine (Office for National Statistics) Consumption: Adult drinking in the UK Units and calories in wine The effects of alcohol on the body...
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From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...adults.[The Conversation] Authors Lindsay O'Dell, Professor of critical developmental psychology, The Open University; Charlotte Brownlow, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, and Sandra Thom-Jones, Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative...
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Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...adult. But for me, it would be a child that could actually come in and enjoy a session in nursery, be engaged, be fulfilled, but also be able to share if they're unhappy or share their emotions, so when they go to school and they come up again, it's a problem, that it's not going to define them, that they can face that challenge. So then when they go to secondary school,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...digitalisation’. Digitalisation, as it appears in the academic context, is the conversion of the structures of collection, organisation, storage, finding, retrieval, delivery, access, and response through which we encounter objects (our libraries’ digital interfaces, for example). Encoding/decoding Digitisation is a process of remediation and worth considering in...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...adult engages in new learning, they rarely, if indeed ever, start from a ‘blank sheet’, but instead draw on their previous knowledge, understanding and life experiences. A learner’s previous knowledge and understanding are developed through their daily lived experiences, active participation and social interaction within their households and communities over their...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions
History & The Arts

Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions

...de France were held in Munster and Leinster, partly to mark the bicentenary of the 1798 Rebellion. One of the stages of the 1998 Tour was routed through Carrick-on-Suir, the home town of Sean Kelly, in recognition of that rider's achievements on the international racing stage in the 1980s, when, for several years, he was ranked as the world's best cyclist. The 1980s also...
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