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Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...health is important. We will look at this later in the course, and in the Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion course within this toolkit...Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration: 2.1 Developing your personal brand - Having thought about your digital persona in your personal life, now think about how you present yourself in a work context. If you have...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...health professionals and those seeking abortion to be aware of. The factors identified relate to how someone self-managing abortion might be best supported; as well as the importance of effective communication about pain and other effects of the medications that might be experienced in the course of medical abortion. A key advantage of self-managed abortion is that it...
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5 benefits of giving up alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 benefits of giving up alcohol

...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 against any cold or flu – perfect as you enter the colder months. And your liver will thank you for the nice break; this hard-working organ is so vital, aiding over 500 of your...
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Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...health’, the idea that our growing exploitation of the resources of ecosystems is endangering their ability to support themselves … and us. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Introducing the environment: ecology and ecosystems: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: construct a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...health and wellbeing. Froebel particularly emphasised the importance of time spent from birth in natural outdoor environments. Indeed, nature is identified as ‘the chief point of reference’ for human development: [The quote reads: ‘Life in and with nature, and with the clear, still objects of nature must be fostered at this time by the parents and members of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...mental state of organisations to be plainly metaphorical. The literal talk to replace it is to be talk of mental states of individual members of an organisation. Nigel: But surely that idea isn’t so absurd. How can a group of individuals have some kind of composite mental state like that? The basic unit of action is an individual human being. So there’s a sense in...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...Health [A crushed coke can caught on a drain] Is it down the drain for Coca-Cola and other sugary drinks? Andrew Street, professor of health economics, University of York The government is implementing sugar taxes on soft drinks as recommended by Public Health England in its October 2015 report on Sugar Reduction. Consuming too much sugar causes tooth decay and leads to...
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Verbal fluency
Health, Sports & Psychology

Verbal fluency

...mental processing as well. Doing a task like coming up with many different types of fruit names involves using the association area of the brain, the prefrontal cortex. Studies using brain scanning have shown that this part of the brain is especially active during such tests. Being reasonably fluent with words is important for communication. However, being able to produce...
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