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Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...concepts from economics such as 'supply chains' or 'value added' to answer them. The course will be described using data. You should think about key numbers and data which help constructing evidence of how a t-shirt is produced, from raw cotton to our wardrobe...This free course, Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts, aims to describe what goes into making and...
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...concepts as follows: Wellbeing describes and captures a psychological state at a point in time. It is a complex concept, which varies in different contexts and from individual to individual. It bundles together a number of different (but linked) psycho-social factors, from fulfilment, to happiness and resilience, or mental toughness. Resilience is less about a point in...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...concept of an ‘expert patient’. The legitimising of patient views (or, more accurately, parent views in the MMR debate) is seen as a backlash against ‘medical paternalism’. This is the idea that doctors patronise their patients by assuming that they know more about a condition than those living with it. Opponents of this view insist that lay people can never...
Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...de Montfort, whose testicles were draped over his decapitated head). Llwelyn’s head was stuck on a pike at the Tower of London, where it remained for more than a decade to impress onlookers. [Photograph of Cwmhir Abbey in Wales. There is a landscaped lawn of green going from the bottom of the image to the centre and a rocky wall across the middle separating the...
The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...As David Goodhart writes, when the racism label is applied indiscriminately, this de-sensitizes people to this charge. This permits real racism to be smuggled past conservatives who may once have resisted it. It also creates resentment and polarization. Those who feel a wall is justified but are uneasy about Trump’s remarks about Mexicans are pushed into the hardline corner because there is no trusted centre to present a......
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...de Gata, Almería. According to their testimonies, 47 people were on the boat when they departed from Morocco. A merchant vessel retrieved one body in the Alboran sea on Sunday evening; therefore, an estimated 42 people remain missing and are presumed dead. IOM Greece’s Antigoni Avgeropoulou reported Monday that over five days (13-17 June) the Hellenic Coast Guard...
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...information Batten Disease Family Association (UK) NCL Foundation (DE) Beat Batten (NL) Batten Research Fonds (NL) Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (US) You can also read more about Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma by going to Abbie’s Army (UK) 1) clinicaltrials.gov (2018) NCT03770572 'Gene Therapy for Children with CLN3 Batten Disease’, accessed 25th February 2021....
The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...de Tournefort and Monsignor Magnol - were amply rewarded later in life. Upon qualifying in medicine, he was offered the opportunity to travel to Jamaica as physician to the new Governor. For fifteen months Sloane observed and documented the native flora and fauna, the local customs of the inhabitants and natural phenomena such as earthquakes. Upon the death of his...