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Developing career resilience Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...et al. (2012, p. 3) accept that wellbeing and resilience are linked, but they also ask whether wellbeing and resilience are ‘two sides of the same coin or is it possible to be resilient but have low levels of wellbeing?’ They go on to explain the difference between the two concepts as follows: Wellbeing describes and captures a psychological state at a point in time....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...et al, 2015). They go further in pointing out that because we do not have complete mastery over our environment, or control over what happens to us, it is impossible to achieve a purely positive mood. Instead, expressing negative emotions in response to challenging life situations is perfectly mentally healthy. Measuring wellbeing Given the varied ways in which we...
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Article 10 mins
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...et des couleurs, on ne discute pas’ (‘each to their own’). Whilst this expression suggests that we should never quibble over colours, chromatic terms can nonetheless provide a rich source of discussion for language learners who want to extend their knowledge of idiomatic expressions in the target language. Indeed, there are many descriptions and metaphorical...
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Article 5 mins
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...modes of vibration were examined. The size of the applied loading recommended in the bridge design code was increased by 33 per cent to give the design additional robustness. The original design also considered loading due to groups of vandals deliberately attempting to excite the bridge. Extensive additional research was carried out during the original design, including...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...mode. Each of these techniques works slightly differently and often results in slightly different typical values. The mean is the most commonly used average. To get the mean value, you add up all the values and divide this total by the number of values. For example, if you wanted to find the mean of 11, 14 and 17, you would add them to give a total of 42, then divide that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...les: beginners' Spanish, an Open University language course that concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...et al., 1985). All the animals had continuous, unrestricted access to forage but, as shown on Figure 3, the Svalbard reindeer ate three times as much food in August as in March. [Figure 3] Figure 3 Seasonal changes in the voluntary food intake (in grams per kg body mass per day) of Norwegian reindeer (blue) and Svalbard reindeer (red) with unrestricted access to food....
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...et insidias Arrius hinsidias, Et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum Cum quantum poterat dixerat hinsidias. ‘Arrius used to say hadvantages, when he meant to say advantages, and hambushes when he wanted to say ambushes. He would think that he had spoken splendidly, when he had said hambushes as loud as he could.’ Arrius spoke a variety of Latin which had lost h- at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs