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World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Cup 2026: it looks like a lucky dip tournament!

...accounts for tickets, travel, air fares and hotel accommodation. Due to the tournament being held across an entire continent it is also considered that this World Cup will be the most polluting World Cup ever. Calculations suggest an England fan following their team to the final would produce a carbon footprint of 3.5 tonnes which is equivalent to the amount of energy...
The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
Health, Sports & Psychology

The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'

...For a more comprehensive account on ‘the Ageing Brain’, the biomedical reasons to ageing and reversible causes to memory loss, please do come to our ‘Ageing Well Public Talk Series’ – see plan for academic year 2020/2021 and/or see Talk 2. Ageing Brain within the Ageing Well Public Talk Series available via ORDO Collections or OpenLearn Create free course....
Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...accountable by recognising the part they play, and fulfilling their responsibilities, aspects which require a certain amount of self-knowledge and self-management. Interpersonal skills – how we interact with other people and manage our relationships – and an appreciation of psychological traits such as the following have a huge bearing on how we deal with work tasks,...
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...accounting, personnel and engineering. Operations managers' responsibilities include: Human resource management – the people employed by an organisation either work directly to create a good or service or provide support to those who do. People and the way they are managed are a key resource of all organisations. Asset management – an organisation's buildings,...
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...accountable for your decisions to delegate tasks and duties to other people. Section 13: Recognise and work within the limits of your competence. Section 14: Be open and candid with all service users about all aspects of care and treatment, including when any mistakes or harm have taken place. Section 16: Act without delay if you believe there is a risk to patient safety...
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...account, remain more or less as they were in our ancestors. In Eaton et al.’s (1988) memorable phrase, modern people are like ‘stone-agers in the fast lane’. What are the implications of this for our well-being? Physically, it has been suggested that many of our chronic health problems, for example atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), diabetes, high blood...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...accounts of crimes and criminals in your own leisure time or that of family members or friends. How many examples can you think of from TV or literature that illustrate our fascination with crimes and criminals? Discussion We turned up quite a few examples. The TV schedules suggest we thrive on a high-crime diet of murder tales and detective thrillers as well as...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...account inflation and the cost of living in each country and provide a tool for comparing economies across time and geography. One way of thinking about purchasing power parity is to consider the local prices paid for a globalised product, and then relate the local prices to a “standardised” price, such as the price in dollars. A lighthearted and informal way of...