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The Ageing Well Public Talks
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Ageing Well Public Talks

...resources on OpenLearn...The Ageing Well Public Talk Series have now been running for five years and we are proudly starting Season 6. You can see all talks recorded here. How do I stay healthy? How do I keep active? How do I keep my mind in shape so that I enjoy a good quality of life for longer? These are critical questions that span a lifetime and naturally become a...
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Article 15 mins
International Men's Day
Miscellaneous

International Men's Day

...resources highlights the value of men and some of the key issues around mental and physical wellbeing...International Men’s Day takes place worldwide on 19 November. It celebrates the “positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities” and this collection of OpenLearn resources is designed to reflect that message. This year we also acknowledge...
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Article 5 mins
Thailand: The Politics of Blood
Society, Politics & Law

Thailand: The Politics of Blood

...human rights are at stake, in a political crisis that is not going to go away... Thailand: The Politics of Blood In Thailand, political ideas are fought in the media spotlight - but behind the arresting symbolism and imagery, issues of democracy, welfare, education and human rights are at stake - in a political crisis that is not going to go away. Perspective: The...
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Video 16 mins
How can we design for resilience?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we design for resilience?

...human activities. These systems are part designed and part self-organising, as Anderies and Folke explain: [t]he designed aspects include both ‘hardware’ (paths, roads, canals, boats, tools, buildings) and ‘software’ (norms, rules, networks of shared meanings, ‘culture’) that entangle humans with the biosphere. (Anderies & Folke, 2024, p. 4) Even if we are...
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Article 5 mins
The story of infection
Health, Sports & Psychology

The story of infection

...Human history can be written alongside a history of human infectious disease. Pathogens, or organisms that cause disease, need us in order to reproduce, so they evolve with the species they infect and upon which they depend. Microbial pathogens include bacteria, viruses, fungi and tiny parasitic animals. Although typically very small, pathogens pack a weighty punch in...
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Article 5 mins
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...humans in ‘zoos’ in Europe in the late nineteenth century how a racist incident on a train in South Africa in 1893 sparked the anti-racist activism of M.K. Gandhi the establishment of Arab communities in Wales in the nineteenth century, and the racism they combatted into the 1900s the experience of Algerian Muslim French army veterans, who faced racism in France after...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Wanted! Starlings
Nature & Environment

Wanted! Starlings

...human activities such as habitat loss. Problems: A public enemy The problems caused by invasive starlings are intensified by their natural tendency to gather in large flocks outside of the breeding season and their association with human habitation. Flocks often contain thousands of birds that feed and roost together. Feeding flocks can cause huge damage to crops as well...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...resources and the access to opportunities in society have throughout human history been competitive and contradictory, at times being advantageous to some individuals and groups while being disadvantageous at times to others. Left to itself, this situation does not seem to change very much for the better, but as one of the many agencies designed and motivated to...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs