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Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...psychological topics such as relationships between the menstrual cycle, breast support, pelvic floor health and physical performance. You will also find out more about how to effectively communicate with female athletes...Do you support women’s performance in sport or fitness as a coach or parent? Are you a female athlete who wants to optimise your performance using...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...psychological and lifestyle advantages. Moreover, researchers are finding a swathe of health benefits from speaking more than one language, including faster stroke recovery and delayed onset of dementia. Could it be that the human brain evolved to be multilingual – that those who speak only one language are not exploiting their full potential? And in a world that is...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...Psychological Safety in a Virtual Room: Creating a safe space is even more important in a virtual environment where non-verbal cues can be tricky. The facilitator should set the tone by establishing ground rules for the video call, like ‘no judgment’ or ‘all cameras on if possible’. This helps participants feel comfortable sharing mistakes, even if we’re not in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...psychologically, informed by an understanding of intersectionality, with people who identify as Black, African, South Asian, and Caribbean, and other People of Colour who are affected by prejudice due to the colour of their skin and global white power. Includes a directory of therapists. https://www.baatn.org.uk/ https://www.baatn.org.uk/videos/
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Video 10 mins
Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of female athletic performance

...psychology, etc.) is usually based on research that’s been done on men, or what has seen to been successful with male athletes. Very little research, in fact, examines determinants of sports performance or effectiveness of interventions in women. Of all the papers in the top three sports science and medicine journals for a one-year period, only 4% of the research was...
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Article 15 mins
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...psychology. Vygotsky argues that learning and mental development need to be viewed as a social process: it is through the interactions we enter into with other members of our culture, particularly those who are more knowledgeable or proficient, that we make sense of the world and learn new (usually culturally and socially specific) ways of seeing, doing and being...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...psychology as well as their physical attributes have been subject to intense selection. What the Japanese researchers found was that periods of mutual eye contact raised the oxytocin levels in both parties. In short, they uncovered the physiological basis of loving your dog. Whether on account of chemistry or for other reasons, there is evidence that the majority of pet...
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Video 15 mins
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...psychologically distressing when the leader has power over important aspects of one’s job and this distress is likely to affect one’s attitudes about the workplace. The implication of this idea is that trust in leadership should be associated with higher levels of job satisfaction, higher organisational commitment and lower intention of quitting. For instance, when...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs