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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...human minds and the fact that brains and neurocognition vary among all individuals. All these variations are ‘normal’ and ‘valuable’ with neurodiversity being the concept that neurological differences are to be recognised and respected as any other human variation. The term ‘neurodiversity’ was coined by the Australian sociologist Judy Singer in 1998, and...
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A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...human heart transplant took place. New to OpenLearn this month: our first badged course of 2022, Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers and the fascinating article, How to find invisible black holes. [blue banner says Russia invades Ukraine: how can we help] Russia invaded the Ukraine, starting one of the longest-running and most disturbing news stories...
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5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...human and financial resources, that stimulation, such as cognitive stimulation, physical stimulation, social stimulation, levels decrease significantly. The decline that follows is usually steep and leads to rapid deterioration of the individual. Care home residents, in addition to cognitive impairment already present, are likely to quickly develop co-morbidities that...
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The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

...human coronavirus–Erasmus Medical College, where the first isolate was sequenced. An additional isolate, provisionally named human coronavirus England 1, was isolated from a patient in London, UK, who had been flown from Qatar to London for treatment. A report from the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) has proposed...
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Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...humanity...Crude oil is currently our most important global source of energy. It is vital in the manufacture of many modern materials. But the worlds supply of oil is finite, its price is unstable and our reliance on oil has damaging environmental consequences. This free course, Living without oil, explains why developing alternatives to oil is an essential and urgent...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Euro 2020
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 2020

...knock-out games, check out the expert insights and free sport courses in our Euro 2020 hub...Euro 2020 starts on 11 June 2021, having been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more about the Euros in the FREE resources below. Explore training for pressure moments in sport Fanatical about football? Try one of our free courses Become an Open University student...
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Article 30 mins
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...human race, with a particular focus on the English language, and how this has emerged as a global force over the last few decades. In eleven sections, each centred around a short video, you’ll look at what language is, at how the English language first came into existence, how it developed and has been spread across the world in the millennium and a half since its...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...human immune system is incredibly complex - how does it work?...[Digital illustration of red and white blood cells] Leukocytes (often called %u2018white blood cells%u2019) are different to red blood cells, as portrayed by this computerised graphic The human immune system is an extremely complex network of interacting cells and biological molecules. Once our body’s...
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