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Wellbeing for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing for Work

...family members and a change in work patterns, being furloughed and/or losing your jobs in the process has created an entirely new world of work and people’s relationship with it. Our identities, both at work and home, are being further merged, which can cause confusion and frustration. One thing that is clear, is that these changes could not be foreseen and have found...
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Article 10 mins
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...tree houses and caravans to deck out as school libraries, as well as garden sheds, boats, baths and sofas to enrich classroom reading areas. These physical spaces overtly indicate to parents, governors, Ofsted inspectors and the children that the school values reading, but is this institutional demonstration enough? Reading for pleasure is more closely associated with...
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Article 10 mins
Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...trees behind them. The sky has heavy grey clouds.] Killala Harbour Throughout these articles on Uniqueness, Interdependence, Uneven Development and Change in the West of Ireland, the concept of synthesis is used as a way to understand how places are continually evolving while retaining their uniqueness. This may sound complicated at first, but can perhaps best be...
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Activity 5 mins
The challenge of invasive alien species
Nature & Environment

The challenge of invasive alien species

...trees, arthropods European wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Europe Australia, New Zealand, South Africa Damage to crops and plants Nile perch Lates niloticus North Africa Victoria Falls, Central Africa Extinction of >200 other fish Rat Rattus rattus Indian subcontinent Global Decimation of bird species, plants and other animals Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes South...
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Article 10 mins
Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Science, Maths & Technology

Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration

...trees. Planetary protection is the discipline of promoting the sustainable and responsible exploration of space by tackling the potential transfer of biological matter to and from Earth and other objects in the Solar System. Although conditions on other planets and bodies in space look inhospitable, ingredients that could host life might be present. If life exists in any...
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Article 10 mins
Building a crystal radio set
Science, Maths & Technology

Building a crystal radio set

...tree will work well; say 30 metres long and seven metres high. The type of wire is not critical, but PVC covered stranded copper wire of about 2 milimetres diameter will work well. If the wire is too thin it may break in the wind, and/or birds may fly into it; too thick and it will sag under its own weight. The aerial should be insulated at each end from its support, a...
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Article 10 mins
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...tree and some grass. The basic carbon cycle in Figure 4 can be traced in Figure 5 by arrows showing the movement of carbon dioxide. The respiration arrows from the tree and the giraffe to the air indicate production of CO2, and the photosynthesis arrow shows CO2 absorbed from the air by the tree. Both plants and animals contain carbon in their tissues in the form of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...family comfortable. As well as the work, Drummond was studying, determined to earn the extra qualifications to become a headteacher. More ambition, more progress. He got new jobs at bigger schools. He was leading his family to better places. He felt like a successful leader. The perfect husband. But he wasn’t. [A man walking into the fog] If you’re a social...
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Article 15 mins