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Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?

...health goals might be within your grasp - or at least a short walk away. Richard Metcalfe adds some caveats...A growing body of advice suggests doing small amounts of moderate exercise can make a significant difference to your health. Academic research is being turned into headlines such as: “Spending two minutes an hour walking instead of sitting can help you live...
Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...Health and Social Care The Health and Social Care Pathway looks at how we provide help and care for those in need or vulnerable. Such work offers a unique sense of fulfilment. The current focus in frontline health and social care is on giving service-users more independence, choice and control. These developments mean there’s greater demand for well-trained people...
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...health in the mid-life phase and beyond...This free OpenLearn course is designed to help anyone whose life is affected by the menopause, whether you are experiencing the menopause or supporting someone who is. No matter which gender you identify with, this transitional phase can affect people in many ways, so this course is open to everyone. The objectives of the course...
Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways you can tell if your child is ‘normal’

...Health web pages and read up on things like ‘How much exercise should my child do?’ to give you an idea of what is to be expected. 2: Have you noticed any major changes? [Boy with no appetite] We all have fluctuations in terms of our emotions and overall functioning, children are no different in that regard. But it can be hard for children and young people to...
How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?

...Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Not everyone experiences grief in the same way. Whilst under-researched, there is evidence that neurodivergent people may experience grief, as well as the social practices around death and bereavement, differently from others. This is thought to be related to their neurodivergence – in the differences in how their...
How to keep your kidneys healthy
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to keep your kidneys healthy

...health and emphasis is placed on the preventative aspects of care, to minimise the risk of kidney disease...10 March is World Kidney Day! Learn more by exploring www.worldkidneyday.org What are the kidneys and what do they do? [A medical model with detachable organs laid out on a pink background] The kidneys are paired bean-shaped organs located in the lower back region....
Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...health. In this free course, Inheritance of characters, you will learn what genes, DNA and chromosomes are and how they combine to make the human genome. You will also learn how the principles of inheritance work, the effect that our genetic make-up has on health, and how genetic material is passed on from generation to generation...Genes are units of inheritance that...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Explore your digestive system
Nature & Environment

Explore your digestive system

An interactive exploration of how the digestive system works...Take it further Try one of our delicious recipes. Discover the new approach to health offered by healthy living centres.