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Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...Open University. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a series of public talks titled ‘Ageing Well’. These 6 lectures are presented on a monthly basis and aim to facilitate your learning about agerelated changes and things we need to be mindful of, as we grow older. All the way through the ‘Ageing Well’ series we discuss how important it is to maintain a...
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Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...Open University's Health and Social Care qualifications. In addition to that, we may already know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which we call polymorbidity. This often leads to the need to take several different medications in one to treat each condition (what we call polypharmacy). With all age-related...
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Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus
History & The Arts

Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus

...open to challenge. Here, however, I want to investigate how Plato’s view of knowledge might help to explain why he chooses to write dialogues, rather than essays, and why Plato’s Socrates is so reluctant to offer answers to the questions that he poses. Plato’s view of knowledge could certainly help to explain Socrates’s reluctance to answer his own questions. By...
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What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...Open University; LONDON 2012, VIDEO) Similar to athletes, commercial pilots draw on checklists as part of their pre-performance routine but may but some may benefit from engaging in additional rituals prior to flight, or prior to a specific task such as landing. · Progressive Muscle Relaxation Under highly stressful situations, progressive muscle relaxation is a...
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Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...open up about their loss and to support one another. What if you are worried about a man in your life? Let them know you are there to listen and not judge. Keep in touch: a text or a phone call can make all the difference. Find out about community or local services that support men. Reassure them it is okay for them to get help. Look after yourself too: supporting someone...
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Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...openness means little in a world where trade is underpinned by the mutual recognition of standards which are constantly and collectively updated, interpreted and litigated. Even if EU laws are copied into British law via the ‘great repeal bill’, that means little without the cooperation mechanisms which make them operative. You may say that your pharmaceutical product...
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Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...openness to ideas, immigration, and other cultures which distinguished the early history of the USA, and which enabled it to participate in the creation of both the League of Nations and the United Nations. Its predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon, evangelical, older, male voter base can no longer be relied on to secure a majority, even with the loyal support of big business...
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Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Background Women have frequently faced struggles to enter the workplace in roles considered traditionally male. Women’s workplace roles were often those associated with caregiving, such as nursing or teaching. This is because certain jobs were labelled and allocated according to gender and viewed by society...
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