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5 benefits of giving up alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 benefits of giving up alcohol

...thinking of going sober or limiting your alcohol intake, then here are 5 great benefits to keep you on track...[Banner of a small bottle of pills on a blue background. The word 'health' is embedded on the right.] 1. Health In just one month of avoiding alcohol, you should notice a drop in blood pressure and an improvement to your immune system, helping you to fight...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...systems and tools you will use, where to get help and support, and even how to sign up for student discounts. If you are studing one of the university's open programme degrees, such as BA/BSc (Hons) Open, then you can also get more help and support in the OpenLearn course Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits. If you are a postgraduate student then Succeeding in...
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Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...system, recognising that our learners will be based in a range of jurisdictions with different legal processes. As a result, while the fictional case is based in England, the course is not intended to be an accurate portrayal of all legal processes and rules within England and Wales...Week 1: Introduction to the case: 1.1 Meet the psychological team - This course was...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care
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Let’s not talk about dying: Five reasons why people avoid planning for their end-of-life care

...thinking about what needs or preferences a person may have in the future in relation to their care. Advance care planning can happen at any time and does not depend on a diagnosis. My research has looked at how these plans are talked about, created, and used in health and social care practice, particularly at the end of life. Here is a list of five reasons (of many more!)...
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Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'
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Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'

...think about the sport of boxing, violence outside the ring is never ok and yet too often the men (because it is overwhelmingly men who engage in domestic violence) are looked up to as role models. Mayweather was sentenced to jail for three months after being found guilty for attacking his partner, Josie Harris. The boxer, who committed the offence in front of his two...
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Could we control our climate?

...think it's a fascinating story because the climate is a complex system, and it's a difficult thing to understand. Climate models are getting more and more complicated as we understand them better, and we put more, and more science into the code, and they're getting better at reproducing the climate. But there's always going to be some things that we can do better, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...think. There was one on YouTube, the last time I checked that was about 9,000-odd views on there. The actual film itself, because you had to buy it, so obviously that would limit numbers to somewhat, but I think about 300/350 people-odd did pay to see the film. So an impact in some way anyway . Traditional television versus new media I’d say with the advent of...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Monsoon and its role on regulating global climate in the past
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Monsoon and its role on regulating global climate in the past

...system encompasses North America, Africa and Asia. However, the Asian monsoon is by far the most dramatic and the largest in its ariel extent. The subsystems of the Asian monsoon are: East Asian affecting China, Japan and the Far East, Indian or south Asian affecting India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, south East Asian affecting Indonesia and northern Australia. The...
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