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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...become less active (Scholes, 2017). As well as having the potential to extend life, physical activity can increase energy, mood, and overall quality of life (Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee [PAGAC], 2018) and therefore should be prioritised with age. If you are close to your 50th birthday, three types of exercise are recommended to achieve these benefits...
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Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...become battlegrounds for competing interests, where even the definition of a term might be influenced by the standpoint you adopt (or are given) as a practitioner, manager or service user. Understanding the plural nature of the values that drive people can reduce the risk that you dismiss or downplay others’ agendas. As soon as issues are discussed relating to what...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...Students will be encouraged to reflect on personal and institutional opportunities to lead inclusively, including in challenging circumstances. They will examine the potential of working with leaders beyond their organisation to effect change and build collaborative networks that support inclusive leadership...This free course will enable leaders and aspiring leaders in a...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Are you care experienced and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you care experienced and considering university?

...Student Support, and is made up of universities, colleges, social services and charities across Wales who support those with care experience to go on to Further and Higher Education. [Cartoon of a man, woman and teenager] The CLASS Cymru website is designed to provide clear, concise advice and signpost to relevant sources of support and information. Covering the whole...
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Canllaw i astudio drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn y brifysgol
Education & Development

Canllaw i astudio drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn y brifysgol

...students hugging and smiling] O ddarganfod gweithgareddau a chymorth i fyfyrwyr yn eich prifysgol ddewisol, i ddatblygu eich sgiliau iaith ymhellach, mae’r canllaw hwn wedi ei gynnwys. Mae myf.cymru yn brosiect a gwefan iechyd meddwl a llesiant ar gyfer myfyrwyr, yn yr iaith Gymraeg. Mae’r adnoddau hyn wedi cael eu creu mewn partneriaeth â Phrifysgol Bangor,...
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Enterprising Times
Money & Business

Enterprising Times

...students in the West Midlands are recorded attending their first ever business networking event. We also hear how business innovation is sprouting on the site of Europe's largest former car factory at Longbridge in Birmingham and look at the support offered to budding entrepreneurs via Aston University’s Innovation Voucher Scheme. The challenges facing Mike Clarke,...
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Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion
History & The Arts

Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion

...to cover their hair, and even their faces, with the hijab? Attitudes towards the hijab as a fashion item Has the hijab become an expression not just of tradition and identity, but of fashion? Commercialisation of the hijab Is Muslim dress becoming its own form of commercial fashion? How does the Muslim modest fashion industry differ from the mainstream fashion industry?...
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Video 33 mins
Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...OU Economics seminar on climate change: Transcript. Learning outcomes After exploring the seminar material, you will be able to discuss challenges of mobilising finance for a sustainable transition. You will learn about the dangers of a vicious circle between climate vulnerabilities, cost of capital and rising fiscal vulnerabilities. Climate change, sovereign risk and the...
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