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A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...study hours expected at a Chinese school. ...This content is associated with The Open University Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [students working at their desks in a Chinese school] Structure of the Chinese education system In China, education is divided into three categories: basic education, higher education, and adult education. By law, each child must have...
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Does it snow on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does it snow on Mars?

...study - and photographic evidence - suggests that sometimes it snows on the Red Planet. Dave Rothery explains how...[Frosty Gullies on the Northern Plains of Mars] This image, acquired on April 11, 2015, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows frost in gully alcoves in a crater on the Northern plains....
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...study reveals that lesbian, gay and bisexual young people (LGB or “sexual minority youth”) have about three times the risk of being depressed compared with their heterosexual peers (Lucassen et al., 2017). Our results are based on a meta-analysis of over 165,000 adolescents from eight countries, including the USA, UK and New Zealand. Prior research in the field has...
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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...studies indicating that university students had higher levels of anxiety and depression when compared with young people who were not at university. Since then there have been many other studies that have confirmed that we should be concerned about the mental wellbeing of our student populations. Indeed in September 2018 Sam Gyimah, the Government’s Minister for...
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How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...study in Sociology...How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how arguments may be presented in the Social Sciences...How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences: 1 How arguments are used in the Social Sciences - The audio programme used in this course...
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The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...studied extensively, the majority of studies have looked at extra-legal factors such as attractiveness, confidence, and pre-trial publicity (for a review see Devine & Caughlin, 2014). The actual decision making of the jury has received less attention and as a result, little is known about how juries make and reach a verdict decision (Gastil, Burkhalter, & Black, 2007;...
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Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...studies - can be replicated by other researchers in similar contexts. Research methodologies Your methodology is the approach you will take to guide your research process and explain why you use particular methods. There are several approaches to choose from and you'll need to decide based on: (a) Your study’s aims and objectives. (b) Your personal perspective...
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Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"

What's the point of learning maths, if an AI app can work it all out for you? Watch this video to find out why your own maths study still makes sense...Click here to download the transcript
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