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How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...careful, say Hannah Moir and Chris Howe...[A person runs under the hot sun] [In the week commencing June 19th, m]ost of Britain experienced a heatwave, with temperatures reaching beyond 32℃. The public health watchdog for England issued an amber health warning, advising people to take care in the hotter weather. But what does it mean for runners? Is it ever too hot to...
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Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making
Society, Politics & Law

Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making

...careful construction, Obama offered a subtle form of resistance to the aggressive language of division deployed by the likes of Donald Trump. This too means her speech may well be remembered long after the Trump era is over. Great speeches don’t just touch the human spirit in the moment, but say something about the times in which their speakers and listeners live. This...
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...careful human reading of a text, can allow us to test hypotheses... Frankenstein’s most frequent words list is significant also for what does not appear in it. If we compare Frankenstein with another famous 1818 novel, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, we can observe that the latter’s wordlist is dominated by the names and titles of the characters, such as the protagonist...
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Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...caring attitude and sense of social awareness; for example, through voluntary work in a hospice a sense of responsibility; for example, through a role such as team captain or head of a society a balanced approach to life; for example, having interests outside of your studies evidence of self-directed learning; for example the Baccalaureate Individual Investigation...
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Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...care']Three elements of living with the Climate and Ecological Crisis. Adapted from Pihkala, P. (2022) ‘The Process of Eco-Anxiety and Ecological Grief: A Narrative Review and a New Proposal’, Sustainability, 14(24), p. 16628. doi:10.3390/su142416628 1. Emotional engagement Acknowledging and processing difficult emotions is an important element in coping with the...
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Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...adults watch television – which isn’t subject to regulation. And advertising in digital media in the UK is guided by rules that are unlikely to capture most of the exposure to unhealthy marketing that young people view in social media. Elsewhere in the world, regulation of unhealthy food promotion in digital media is almost completely absent. In a world of overweight...
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Home education collection
Education & Development

Home education collection

...adults. But we won’t stop there. We will continue to develop and add new content and already have some exciting projects in the pipeline. Who are they for? These articles are intended for any individual, community and/or organisation with an interest in home education including, but not limited to: Parents/carers who are currently home educating their child/children, or...
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Casgliad llesiant a iechyd meddwl
Health, Sports & Psychology

Casgliad llesiant a iechyd meddwl

...Datblygwyd y casgliad hwn gyda chyllid gan Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru. Fe’i cyflawnwyd gan Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru mewn partneriaeth â Phrifysgol Glyndŵr Wrecsam, Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult Learning Wales a Chymdeithas Myfyrwyr y Brifysgol Agored. Myfyrwyr llawn a rhan amser, ar draws y tri darparwr addysg, fu’n gyfrifol am lywio cynnwys y casgliad....
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