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A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...et al., 2018). At any given time, one in six working-age adults have symptoms associated with mental ill health (McManus et al., 2016). There are 72 million working days lost every year due to mental health, costing the UK economy £74–£99 billion (Centre for Mental Health, 2017; Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care , 2017)....
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Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...et al., 1999) has emerged as a popular iterative and incremental development process for building enterprise systems based on an object-oriented approach. It promotes a set of best practices, namely that development should be organised in short time-boxed iterations, and that it should be adaptive to accommodate inevitable change. Time boxing means that a (usually) short...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...et al., 2023). Participants in the research were asked to do the following task, which you should also try out. Take five minutes to ‘free-write’ on the subject of your relationship to a familiar place (make it an outdoor place, from the past or present). A free-write means writing spontaneously with minimum hesitation or revision. Now reflect on the following three...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...et al., 1973). It is here that the story of critical criminology begins. It is important to recognise that much of the ‘criminological project’ has been characterised by knowledges developing either in parallel – or in response to – changing social conditions. New knowledges in criminology seldom completely replace old ones. Innovative approaches and ways of...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...et al. (2013) focus on the development of literacy after compulsory education was introduced in many western countries in the late 1800s. These two articles both present views of the historical development of reading and the teaching of reading. Gillen and Hall (2003) trace their narrative forward in a sequential way from the end of the 19th century. Green et al. (2013),...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...et al., 2017). It stands to reason that children who enjoy reading tend to read more and thus become better at reading, yet choosing to read also impacts on children’s wider educational attainment. For example, Reading for Pleasure is positively associated with comprehension, grammar and wider vocabulary (Sullivan and Brown, 2015). In addition, it was found in one study...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?

...Le Roux, of the Constitution Society has noted: “a significant part of the Leave vote represented a generalised protest against the political elite, and it would be unwise for that elite to reject the outcome too readily. ”Whilst he warns the elite against frustrating the popular will, the General Election, which was called to strengthen the Prime Minister’s Brexit...
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The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...Les très riches heures du duc de Berry, c. 1416-18 and c. 1485. Musée Condé, Chantilly, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_septembre.jpg Caravaggio, Bacchus, c. 1595. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bacchus_by_Caravaggio#/media/File:Bacchus-Caravaggio_(1595).jpg Francisco Goya, The...
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