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How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome

...world”. So, how have Team GB managed, yet again, to peak at the optimum time? Training for success It all comes down to a technique called “periodised training” – a strategy which has long been used to prepare athletes for major events. The training year is divided and organised to ensure that peak performance is achieved at the optimum time – in this case, at...
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
Languages

Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...world, it helps to shape it. Some say that Deliveroo couriers are employees in all but name – but the company is clearly aware of how important that name is! Its missive is an example of the politically-inflected nature of language, something which manifests itself in all sorts of ways. The use of language to change perceptions is not new in the business world –...
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Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...world as a former colonial power. Even among Leavers, there is little good news about the immediate economic impacts. The emptiness of such perceptions is further apparent in the long-term decline of the UKs diplomatic clout on the world stage, except as an ally of more powerful countries such as the United States, or as a member of the EU. Few have explained why nations...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...Worlds and Acts of Meaning – offered an alternative account of how the human mind works. According to Bruner: We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us. The mind that drives science, art and sense of self, he said, is not linear and logical, but narrative. People think in stories and are able to...
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English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...world. Gardiner in Thomas Lord Cromwell (c.1599-1602) cites the threatening of the poor by dogs as an indirect consequence of the Reformation. Once there were institutions ‘. . . where religious men should take them in, / [the poor] Shall now be kept back with a mastiff dog’. Dogs were also a means of describing the men who thrived in this new world. In Middleton’s...
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How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...world to Snapchat their stories. I’m really happy about that. Omar, meanwhile, used traditional journalism methods to make the survivors comfortable with the tools before recording the project. Snapchat, primarily a messaging app, has more than 150 million daily active usersand is gaining popularity in India. A YouTube video uploaded by Yellowbulbs.comshares the result...
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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...world worked together to eventually limit dangerous global heating, Glasgow’s COP26 will be worth a mention...Find out more about The Open University’s Environment qualifications. [Photo taken at COP26 in Glasgow. Banner says 'We can do this if we act now'.] Measuring progress in the international climate negotiations Beyond fine words, promises and pledges, there are...
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Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity
Society, Politics & Law

Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity

...worlds away from the notorious Moria refugee camp which currently houses over 22 thousand asylum seekers and refugees in the most inhumane conditions. The book offers an intimate portrayal of everyday life at Pikpa. Its beautiful images combine with a provocative argument about the power and practice of solidarity. The photographs of world-class, professional photographer...
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