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Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...system in anxiety and depression. Consistent with this view, the gamma-aminobutyric-acid (GABA) system, a target for tricyclic antidepressant medications, has long been recognised as relevant to understanding mood disorders. More recently, attention has shifted to an imbalance in glutamatergic neurotransmission with the finding that ketamine (an analgesic/anaesthetic...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...system as a whole. An ecosystem (from ‘ecological system’) is a collection of living things and the environment in which they live. The size and boundaries of an ecosystem, the bits to be studied, and the interactions to be investigated, are all determined by what we want to know. So an ecosystem can be large (a rainforest) or small (a pond) – and large ecosystems...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...systems is sort of supreme in the West. And I think what the important thing to recognise in this sort of conversation about Blackness and its construction is that this isn’t good science. It’s easy for us to say that in retrospect. But at the time, it was perceived as being, you know these are taxonomies. This is how we talk about humans. But they’re always...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...system overall should be inherently fair and unbiased. From this perspective, different people in the same or similar situations should be treated equally. This sense of fairness applies not just to the formal aspects of justice, but also to laws and regulations within society, such as health and safety planning and financial services. Substantive justice is about...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...system, under which beer is taxed in proportion to its strength. Even Prince Albert enthusing about lager after a trip to Germany wasn’t enough to get British drinkers to switch. But you can’t keep the drinks industry down. The brewers promoted lager intensively after World War II. In the generation that came of age in the late 1960s – one thirsty for change –...
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Article 10 mins
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...system and hormones function to affect behaviour, and how different behaviours, such as drinking alcohol, taking drugs or exercising, can affect us both internally and externally in the behaviours we exhibit. Biological psychologists also focus on neurological data and investigate the contribution of different brain areas, or communication between areas, to particular...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...system. Even if you knew exactly what the national shares of the vote would be, that doesn’t tell you how many parliamentary seats each party will win. In the 2010 general election, for instance, Labour got 29% of the country’s votes, and almost 40% of the parliamentary seats, while the Liberal Democrats got 23% of the votes and only 9% of the seats. UKIP got 3% of...
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Article 10 mins
Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...systems, and their work allows us today to discover many fascinating stories from those cultures. While it is interesting and advantageous to know more than one language, our native language is particularly important, as it is the tool in which we most easily encode and decode our emotions, our stories, and our secrets. If we don’t start documenting languages...
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Video 5 mins