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I-Spy: Episode 1
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-Spy: Episode 1

...online infidelity drama I-SPY: Rihanna installs spyware on the laptop she presents as a birthday present to her partner Oliver...Transcript • What do you think about Rihanna using spyware? • Is it ever OK to look at your partner’s private chats or messages? Try a FREE course on some of the themes related to infidelity Take it further with The Open University...
What is it like being a young carer at university?
Education & Development

What is it like being a young carer at university?

...University. ...He talks about adjusting to university life and reflects on how this time is providing an opportunity to think about his future. [Brandon shares his experience of studying as a young carer] [Bangor University logo] This resource was provided by Bangor University and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...think I’m a Replicant, don’t you? - Rachel, Blade Runner Other discussion following the film centred on how the biotechnology depicted in Blade Runner would need to be updated in the upcoming sequel, how different types of bionic eyes function, recent advances in synthetic organ production and their potential in personalised regenerative medicine. Dispelling...
Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?
History & The Arts

Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?

...system and set himself up as a tyrant, yet they also expected their leaders to come from an aristocratic background, and mocked politicians who had more humble origins. What to do about powerful individuals was a constant source of tension, and this explains the appeal of the heroes of myth. The heroes were the aristocrats of their own day, but were safely enclosed in the...
Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?

...System Is For The Birds”, “All Married Women Are Bad, Yes?” and “The Sorry Plight Of The Human Male”. A 1955 article by Jay Archer, “Don’t Hate Yourself In The Morning: You Weren’t The Only One Having Fun”, provides an early precedent for Trump’s later justification-cum-defence of his “locker room” talk. Transcript Archer advises his readers that...
Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business
Society, Politics & Law

Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business

...think about equality and discrimination in professions and organisations – a legacy that will take a long time to fade. Change is happening. But it is slow, and it is tempting to assume that all is well because there is some progress made on the numbers. Politics has a few lessons to learn from business on this front. A long legacy Beyond the numbers, the culture of...
The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...systems. These figures illustrate significant impacts from a consumer electronics sector that is growing by about 8% each year as new markets expand and demand for replacement products, such as phones, rise (theworldcounts, 2021). [Vintage woodworking tools] An assortment of well-worn tools A response to this cycle of production, use and disposal is to produce less stuff...
Rock Clocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Rock Clocks

...think of geological time in 2 ways: relative and absolute. Relative time disregards years and only considers whether one event in the Earth’s history came before another event. Absolute time measures whether a geologic event took place a few thousand or a few million years ago. We measure time in 2 basic units – a day, the interval required for the Earth to complete...
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