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Why do we feel happier in the spring?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do we feel happier in the spring?

...Researchers have found that spending as little as 10 minutes per day in nature lowers cortisol levels, a key hormone associated with the stress response (Hunter et al., 2019). So, being outside in nature more during spring in turn reduces our stress levels and is linked to improvements in our mental health. In fact, research has shown that being outside in nature is...
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Opening up history: political culture in eighteenth-century Ireland
History & The Arts

Opening up history: political culture in eighteenth-century Ireland

...research focuses on ‘controverted’ elections in eighteenth-century Ireland. OpenLearn speaks to her as part of our Opening up history series, where we delve into the thoughts and work of OU historians. ...Find out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. 1. What first got you interested in history? [Suzanne Forbes]I’m not sure...
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Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

...research and communication can occur. Blogs, tweets, automatically generated citation measures, learning analytics, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), flipped classrooms, open access research – all of these impact on academic work and academic workers. In trying to make sense of this new world, discourse around digital technology in the academe can often result in...
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WhatDoTheyKnow
Society, Politics & Law

WhatDoTheyKnow

...online." It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through an online platform. WhatDoTheyKnow is local and national in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics and represention, neighbourhood and community and research, knowledge production and information access. It was launched in 2008 and is ongoing....
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SecureDrop
Society, Politics & Law

SecureDrop

...by Freedom of the Press Foundation. It was initiated by a non-governmental organisation/charity and researchers, scientists and educators and encourages people to participate through an online platform. SecureDrop is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with participation and democracy, politics and representation. The project is ongoing....
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The Skills Network
Society, Politics & Law

The Skills Network

...from and support each other. It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through organising and campaigning. The Skills Network is local in orientation and concerned with democracy, politics and represention, neighbourhood and community and research, knowledge production and information access. The project is ongoing....
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How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...research in this area, start with the first activity. Activity 1: Emotion mapping Timing: 20 minutes Emotion mapping is a technique used in both therapy and research to understand how people relate to the places they live in. Have a go at producing an emotion map yourself following the instructions below. 1. Draw a simple map of your home. [Drawing of a floorplan of a...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of walking and socialising through 5 Ways Café on people living with dementia and their carers: A volunteer’s perspective

...research. Andrew, a member of FoGLMP, first became involved with the Café for reasons close to his heart - his mother lived with dementia and his father cared for her: [The Café] was interesting to me…partly because I could see that her carer (my dad) would have benefitted from something like this As Andrew explains, the Café isn’t just for those with dementia,...
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