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Introduction to sport, fitness and management
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to sport, fitness and management

...centres and how they are run as well as providing an insight into the training of future elite athletes in Britain. Material is taken from The Open University course E112 Introduction to sport, fitness and management... Introduction to sport, fitness and management A short introduction to this album. Sport: Health and Safety A look at health and safety in the Gym and the...
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Audio 54 mins
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...research methods. You will learn about these methods in this free course, starting in the next section where you will begin to explore how quantitative evidence is used to understand what obesity is and how it is linked to unhealthy lifestyles, before moving on to qualitative approaches later on...Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?: 2 Quantitative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...research findings about online learning and fun, that are part of a series of research work of the Rumpus Research group of The Open University. (http://wels.open.ac.uk/rumpus). The aim is to open up discussion with all OpenLearners – students and educators across the world – interested in the topic of fun, and its role in enhancing students online distance education...
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Article 20 mins
Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...research suggests there are generational differences. Specifically, millennials respond to emotional exhaustion (often the first stage of burnout) differently to baby boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964). When feeling emotionally exhausted, millennials are more likely to feel dissatisfied and want to leave their job than baby boomers. Burnout research shows that...
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Article 10 mins
Co-creating and mushing up identity with visitors to the New Union Flag project
Society, Politics & Law

Co-creating and mushing up identity with visitors to the New Union Flag project

...children...[Children interacting with New Union Flag project] Artist Gil Mualem-Doron, and Dr Giota Alevizou, from The Open University – the lead author of this unit – run The DIY Diversity Flag. The aim of the workshop was for primary school pupils to map out diversity that exists in their daily life, culture and community. This mapping was explored and represented...
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Video 5 mins
How can languages further your career?
Languages

How can languages further your career?

...School (comprising a survey of 415 UK Small Medium Enterprises) statistically shows that language capabilities add 30% in value to exporting success. Inspired? Try a FREE language course The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures For many more short courses that will help you get started with learning languages, check out the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures....
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Video 5 mins
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...researchers concluded that if these people wanted to work together in ways that achieved the intended goals of legislation, they needed to have the space to develop common ground and to explore what they could achieve together. Many people speak of schooling as if it has some universally understood and agreed values. It is situated, for example, in numerous international...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?
Society, Politics & Law

Stay together: Can LBGTQ+ and older couples show the way to a lasting love?

...children come along and the survey found parenthood shapes relationship quality more than any other factor. Among survey respondents, who came from all ages and backgrounds, we found it was more difficult for parents to carry out relationship “maintenance” than it was for child-free couples. But again, LGBTQ+ parents scored higher on this than heterosexual couples....
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Article 5 mins