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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...
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...
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...
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...human rights and intergenerational equality and emphasises how children and those least responsible for climate change are the ones who suffer its most significant consequences. The course looks at the impact climate change has on children’s rights and considers the role the next generation has as activists and campaigners within their changing environments. It...
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...
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...
How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...Human Behavior, 37, 290-297. Corcoran, K., Crusius, J., & Mussweiler, T. (2011). Social comparison: Motives, standards, and mechanisms. D. Charee (Ed.), Theories in Social Psychology, Wiley (2011), pp. 119-139 Deloitte (2017). There’s no place like phone. Consumer usage patterns in the era of peak smartphone.
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Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...human capacity. We have to get over this old conception of academic, non-academic, abstract, theoretical, vocational, and see it for what it is: a myth. Second, we have to recognise that most great learning happens in groups; the collaboration is the stuff of growth. If we atomise people, and separate them, and judge them separately, we form a kind of disjunction between...