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Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?

...that many of the fortunate take for granted like health care staff and a regulated supply chain and a functioning public health system. “Antimicrobial resistance is not unique,” Alsan added. “It is just another manifestation of underinvestment in basic public health infrastructure.” This article originally appeared on the PLOS blog network under a CC-BY licence...
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Ethnicity as a Learning Tool
Education & Development

Ethnicity as a Learning Tool

...system used to address equality and diversity. Challenge 2: Inequitable learning attainment [Student graduating wearing academic dress] Ethnicity is contributing to the widening gap in learning attainment as is evident in the recent statistical report by the Universities UK (2019). The question is if ethnicity is a contributing factor to the inequitable learning outcomes...
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The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...system of nine judges scoring each breaker across the categories of vocabulary, technique, execution, originality and musicality will be used. Breaking: a sport founded on artistry Breaking has developed significantly since it emerged on the streets and in the clubs of New York. There is no doubt that the athleticism and physical skills required are comparable to other...
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Brain Awareness Week
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain Awareness Week

...system. The most remarkable feature of the brain is the cerebral cortex, which gives the human brain (and that of many other species) its characteristic bumpy appearance. The brain can be divided into two hemispheres and the cerebral cortex of each of these can be divided into four distinct lobes – each associated with different functions. Underneath the cerebral cortex...
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Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum

...system and the inequalities that shape menstrual experiences. Her reflections grounded the event in a wider political and historical context and highlighted that menstrual equity is not only about access to products but also about whose pain is recognised and whose is overlooked. [Photo taken at the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum. ] Artist in residence, Wee...
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Ten top tips for writing a novel
History & The Arts

Ten top tips for writing a novel

...system and increase your motivation, it boosts your mental function. Escape from words. The trouble with writing a novel is that once you have got over the procrastination stage, it’s tempting to swing the other way and become obsessed with the work in progress. Then, to relax you, er... read a book. You may need to read to feed your imagination, but find ways of...
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A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...systems, including the human eye and how it adapts to dark conditions such as in astronomical observing. On learning this, one of the pupils remarked: "We did this in biology!" Imaging celestial objects Participants in Astronomy with an online telescope will learn to find their way around the night sky, find out how telescopes and optical instruments work, and understand...
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Opening up history: political culture in eighteenth-century Ireland
History & The Arts

Opening up history: political culture in eighteenth-century Ireland

...system functioned. Rather than work around those gaps, I decided to address some of them directly. 6. What is the project’s argument? [Book cover of Print and Party Politics in Ireland, 1689-1714, by Suzanne Forbes.]Although individual petitions or reports have been cited, material in the Journals of the Irish House of Commons relating to controverted elections has not...
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