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Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs

...Lizzie who has cerebral palsy. They manage their personal health budgets in tandem. Mathew breathes using a respirator and needs 24-hour care. Case study 1: Alzheimer's Disease In this case study we hear from Jonathan Fitzpatrick. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his 50s. Now 68 after a short spell in a care home he lives at home in Oxfordshire with his wife Anna....
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...manage your studies, and reflect on your own learning. Parts of this course will introduce you to aspects of studying for Master's by distance learning, and communicating in an online environment. The course covers four thematic areas (over eight sessions): The nature of Master's level study and distance learning Essential information and digital literacy skills for...
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...managed both with, and without, medication. Reflecting on your perceptions of ADHD Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Before you study this topic, it is helpful to reflect on any pre-existing perceptions and beliefs you may have about ADHD. These may come from personal experiences, previous study, or even media coverage. Spend a few minutes now noting down any thoughts that...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Urbanism in Blade Runner
Science, Maths & Technology

Urbanism in Blade Runner

...projected onto the sides of building feature primarily Asian women, language takes a uniquely urban shape in the form of hybrid cityspeak, and one scene even shows Jews, Hare Krishnas, and punk rockers sharing a cracked city sidewalk. A look into the crystal ball for cities? Since its release, many urban critics have interpreted Blade Runner as a warning: ‘If we do not...
How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...by the pollution of Manaus”. The study is part of by GoAmazon, a project that brings together 100 researchers from Brazil, United States and Germany. The next step for the researchers is to verify the consequences of this dynamic for other Brazilian regions and for other parts of the world. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network

...projections, it needs qualifying and teasing apart. Some scientists, for example, warn that there’s uncertainty about just what the pre-industrial global temperature was. The New Scientist research is careful to be specific: it says global surface temperature is now passing 1°C of warming “relative to the second half of the 19th century”. Farewell, hiatus And one...
May's lost her majority - so what happens now?
Society, Politics & Law

May's lost her majority - so what happens now?

...projected, are the largest party, winning 319 seats in the House of Commons. However, with a total number of 650 seats available, they are short of the 326 needed for a majority. The pro-Brexit UK Independence Party vote collapsed, leaving the party with no seats, so the only real option for the Conservatives is to work with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party...
Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Acknowledging the active participant

...project, potential participants are generally given a bland and partial description of the proposed research. They may ask questions, including quite challenging ones ('What practical change will this produce?', 'Will I be paid?') but these are seldom acknowledged in the standard Methods section of a paper or article. Instead, accounts of participant recruitment and...