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What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...mental health. ACT is highly relevant in coaching and practising self-care and thus can be effective during disruptions. The acronym ACT is what is known as the ‘ACT triflex’: A = Accepting your thoughts and feelings; being present. C = Choosing a valued direction. T = Taking action. Alternatively, this can be summarised as "be present, open up, and do what matters."...
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The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...wellbeing, not just productivity...People often think of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as affecting how people think and behave, like being easily distracted or inability to sit still and focus. Being classed as a ‘learning difference’ or ‘neurodiversity’ means that people can assume it is about the brain and therefore primarily impacts the brain...
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The Intervention Initiative – A bystander education programme
Education & Development

The Intervention Initiative – A bystander education programme

...Health England. It is an evidence-based educational programme for the prevention of sexual coercion and domestic abuse in university settings, through empowering students to act as prosocial citizens. The evidence review which was used to develop the programme is published by Public Health England. The Intervention Initiative is a programme of eight facilitated sessions,...
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Early Childhood Resources
Education & Development

Early Childhood Resources

...health, psychology, and beyond. Explore free courses and articles to deepen your knowledge and take the next step in your learning journey...Early Childhood is a vibrant, interdisciplinary field that touches many areas including education, health, psychology, and sociology. Because of its broad reach, resources related to Early Childhood can be found in lots of different...
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Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...Health and Wellbeing courses. Population ageing is a rising trend globally, with declining fertility rates and an increase in life expectancy. The UN estimates there have never been more aged people in the world than today. This means it is increasingly important that ageing well is given priority. What is ageing [A very elderly lady, full face shot showing lots of...
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Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...health and wellbeing at the school. Between preparing for and attending meetings of the full governing body, sub-committee meetings, visiting the school, participating in training, and arranging activities at the school, as well as her work as chair of the school’s parent-teacher association, Kerrie estimates her work takes around 48 hours per month, but this ebbs and...
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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...health, energy levels, mood and overall quality of life. ...In 1969, when the Open University first opened its doors, the average life expectancy in the United Kingdom was 71.8 years (World Bank, 2018). Half a century later in 2019 when the ‘University of the Air’ is celebrating its 50th birthday, the average number of years that a person is expected to live for has...
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World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...mental in improving a woman's place in society and strived for equality. Read her story here... Emily Davies England 1860 - 1921 Higher Education [Emily Davies image] Emily Davies portrait by Rudolph Lehmann, 1880 In mid nineteenth-century England the world of higher education, like many others, was closed to women. Many people opposed the idea of women’s education on a...
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