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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...world take place through medical procedures? [Image: Daquella manera under CC-BY licence] Perhaps, and most worryingly, the number of caesarean deliveries has also increased dramatically in the last fifteen years. Whilst the World Health Organisation recommends that the caesarean rate should be no more than 10 – 15 per cent, the average caesarean rate across the UK is...
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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...world social contact has generated research and public interest over the past decade or so. In 2013, a series of experiments by researchers Daniel Comer Kidd and Emmanuel Castano (2013) were published in the influential Science journal, generating headlines such as ‘Reading Fiction Makes You A Nicer Person’ (Barras, 2013), ‘Now We Have Proof Reading Literary Fiction...
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Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...World of War -power, ego and little leadership [Photo of Brian Rowan, a former BBC correspondent in Belfast and an author on the peace process.]Brian Rowan is a former BBC correspondent in Belfast and an author on the peace process. This is the latest publication drawn from the thousands of pieces of information that I have logged within my archive; the notes, diaries,...
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Learning from the Global South
Society, Politics & Law

Learning from the Global South

...world is upside down to show the perspective from the Global South. @@PLUGINFILE@@/image-hotspots-1000.h5p Transcripts for the videos Film 1 - The view from Glasgow, Scotland Film 2 - The view from Cape Town, South Africa Film 3 - The view from Bangladesh and Uganda Film 4 - The view from Brisbane, Australia and Santiago, Chile Film 5 - The view from Fiji and Aotearoa/New...
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Video 45 mins
Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...World [Associate Professor / Yr Athro Cyswllt Paul B. Hutchings] Associate Professor Paul B. Hutchings Assistant Director, Centre for Psychology and Counselling University of Wales Trinity Saint David At a time when gender is at the forefront of consideration across the world, our ability to recognise and understand views that people have about their own and other genders...
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Video 2 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...world. Looking at prosthetics is one way of exploring innovation in a health context, from its primitive beginnings with the fixed-position foot to the present day’s highly sophisticated contemporary designs like the computerised leg (Norton, 2007). Prosthetics aren’t just about physical functioning. They can provide a way for people to participate in activities that...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?
History & The Arts

Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?

...World War - young people from the continent were descending on London taking up poorly-paid roles in the hospitality industry. This extract from the Daily Mirror explains:...[Parliament Square during a zeppelin raid] Suffering Zeppelin attack - and broken crockery, too Can you imagine a seventeen year-old English country labourer in a dress suit acting as a waiter at a...
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Women in sport: insights from gold medallists
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: insights from gold medallists

...in the free OpenLearn course The psychological aspects of sports injury. Explore more about the impact of coaching on Alex Danson's sporting success in the course Exploring sport coaching and psychology. You can earn a free digital badge on completion of this course. Celebrate the success of women more generally with our article on how women changed the world....
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