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Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?

...Research over the past few decades has focused on the physiological, psychological, biomechanical and sociological factors that contribute to sporting success, but what role does the family play? Family influences give rise to a range of interesting discussions with family related topics such as genetics, environmental influences and social issues all identified as being...
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Article 10 mins
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...research suggests extrinsic motivation has a detrimental effect on children’s comprehensionIn other ways too, with the best of intentions, schools can be sucked into performing reading for pleasure. Institution-wide competitions exist aplenty, including for example: extravagant dressing-up competitions on World Book Day, and competitions to read books for the school....
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Article 10 mins
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...Research examining personality in high risk sport frequently reports that those who participate tend to score more highly in three key personality characteristics, extroversion, openness and agreeableness when compared to other athletes or non-athletes (Klinar et al, 2017). Closely aligned to the personality research into risk-taking is Zuckerman et al’s (1964) research...
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Article 5 mins
Opening up history
History & The Arts

Opening up history

Delve into our Opening up history series: a collection of interviews with historians from The Open University. Read about their research ranging from the political culture in 18th century Ireland to anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War...Find out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications.
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Article 5 mins
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...research issues of science communication, to share experiences and ideas. That's where we feel the materials here will help. In February 2008, a 2-day ‘Science and Society’ residential course was held at the Open University campus in Milton Keynes, through the financial support of the Royal Society, and attended by 13 UK research scientists with an interest in these...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...researchers and practitioners necessarily tend to focus on a small area of particular interest. Not all academics use the term ‘applied linguistics’ to describe their work – some call themselves sociolinguists or language teaching specialists, for example. Some also focus very much on making a practical contribution. What they share is a concern with language and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Do whales use their heads to attack boats?
Nature & Environment

Do whales use their heads to attack boats?

...research suggests the formidable forehead of the sperm whale might be perfect for ramming potential threats...The sperm whale forehead is one of the largest and strangest structures in the animal kingdom. It contains two large oil-filled sacs, stacked one on top of the other, known as the spermaceti organ and the junk. These sacs extend for one-third of the total length...
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Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict

...research, the first study of its kind for ten years, aimed to establish just that. The third way The not proven verdict is to be found only in Scotland. Unlike the Anglo-American system, Scotland has three verdicts: guilty, not guilty and not proven. The confusion over the not proven verdict relates to the fact that Scottish law has not defined what the not proven verdict...
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