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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...researcher exploring cultural differences and education – the kind of culture that I am referring to, well, that has proven harder to pin down. Psychologists, philosophers and anthropologists have been arguing about the definition of culture for years, so little old me in my home office in lockdown can perhaps be forgiven for not having the perfect definition, but here...
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Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...research evidence of family influence on a child’s level of physical activity participation relate expectancy-value theory (Eccles, 1993; Eccles et al., 1983) to parental involvement in children’s sporting experience understand how gender and parental gender stereotypes may affect parents’ support of children’s participation in sport...Physical activity: a family...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...Research from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (2012) and Perry and Pollard (1997) has reported on the effects of sensory stimulation, or the lack of it, on early brain development. Using data from CT scans, physical measurements and documentary sources they explored the brain development of a group of neglected children. As an example of what can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...research her type of tumour. It was a tough question for a doctor to answer. Olson told her that it was difficult because researchers didn’t have material – tumours – to work with. The little girl responded: “When I die I want you to do an autopsy, take my tumour and put it into mice. So that you can study my cancer and help other kids that get it in the...
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Jury Hub from OpenLearn - a video introduction
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub from OpenLearn - a video introduction

...Researchers interested in juries and jurors explore the factors which may shape how verdicts are chosen. Biases (such as racial biases) and different verdict systems (for example, the guilty, not guilty and not proven verdicts system currently used in Scotland) have all been shown to impact on how jurors evaluate evidence and the verdicts they ultimately deliver. Our role...
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Video 5 mins
Broken Pipeline for Black Coaches in World Football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Broken Pipeline for Black Coaches in World Football

...in Sports Coaching (first edition). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367854287. Diversity in English professional football 2022: https://www.statista.com/aboutus/our-research-commitment. Duffey, D.E (2018), It's No Secret, it's Racism. Szymanski, S (2023), Black Representation in English Professional Football: A Statistical Analysis: https://shorturl.at/xkIYi....
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Alan Turing: Life and legacy
Science, Maths & Technology

Alan Turing: Life and legacy

...research that we are able to read this text on a PC, laptop or smart phone. Aside from his contribution to maths and computing however, Turing’s influence impacted on a variety of fields including cryptanalysis and deciphering Nazi codes which helped to end World War 2. This collection examines Turing’s troubled personal life, the significance of his role at Bletchley...
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Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...research and clinical practice, and (ii) the insensitivity of the model to individuals’ subjective experiences and ‘personal meaning’, particularly within cross-cultural settings. There are still those who perceive psychiatry as ‘biased’ towards biomedical paradigms (at the expense of the ‘psychological’ and ‘social’ domains), and conversely that...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs