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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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Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression
Languages

Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression

...mental disorders like depression are the foremost experts in what that feels like for them, which can determine what ways are most effective at alleviating their distress. Yet, this immensely valuable expertise often remains untapped. In the healthcare system, there may not always be enough time to devote to unpicking the rich accounts of people’s experiences, but as...
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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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Britain's Fat Fight
Health, Sports & Psychology

Britain's Fat Fight

...health and that of your family...With Britain now the most obese country in western Europe, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in his TV series Britain’s Fat Fight is on a mission: asking food producers, restaurants and the government to confront the crisis. Two-thirds of us are already overweight and there's no doubt that our poor diet and lack of exercise is slowly killing...
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What counts as professional learning?
Education & Development

What counts as professional learning?

...wellbeing? [Professional learning - Current Experiences. Slide from the presentation.] Figure 1 Professional learning - current experiences In this session, we explored the participants’ own experiences of professional learning in the last year, exploring whether their experiences aligned with the findings of the report, what their personal choices would be about...
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Appreciative Inquiry
Education & Development

Appreciative Inquiry

...As a group, we considered the role such an Appreciative Approach to Inquiry can play in our contexts. Responses included the use of an Appreciative Approach for wellbeing sessions, for overcoming ‘blocks’ when trying to generate new ideas and considering how it could be used to challenge existing narratives when in a group situation. [Appreciative Inquiry] Transcript...
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