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What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...become isolated, or because the people they know are not comfortable talking about emotional and mental health issues. Watch the video below with Dr Jonathan Leach, as he explains what you can do if you're experiencing mental health issues. Transcript So what can you do if you are worried about your own mental health but don’t have the social support you need? 1: Try...
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Article 10 mins
The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...becomes sweet and attractive to birds and mammals that eat it and disperse the seeds in their faeces. The emerged females fly to another fig tree, dismember themselves to crawl into a fig and the cycle starts again. Pity the males who know no life outside the confines of a fig. Pity also the females who must endure self-mutilation to complete their lifecycle. Such is the...
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Article 15 mins
Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...become weaker. Keeping good quality protein in our daily meals and snacks helps us, together with regular physical activity and hydration, preserve muscles in good function for longer. This means we feel better, stronger, can enjoy being active, are less prone to falls and falls related injuries and in the end, we live independent and in better health for longer. Not only...
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Video 5 mins
What do we need to know about our memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we need to know about our memory?

...become a memory it has to be processed in several ways first. Initially we must be in a position to process information before it becomes lost to us. You will notice yourself that if you are ever tired, unwell, or in pain that it can feel as if it takes a lot longer to take information in and make sense of it; this is your information processing speed. Linked to this, if...
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Article 15 mins
Ice Cold In Alex
Science, Maths & Technology

Ice Cold In Alex

...become starved of oxygen, and waste such as lactic acid builds up in the tissues. In the heat our blood also becomes thicker, as moisture is lost through the sweat glands. [Diagram of artery] As the blood gets thicker, the flow through the blood vessels becomes more turbulent, and this may activate the clotting system. Small clots can form, blocking blood vessels and...
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Video 15 mins
North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...become a political battleground revealing just how difficult Brexit is going to be? Over the last 40 years almost 70 million people have flown in helicopters between the mainland and offshore oil and gas rigs in the UK side of the North Sea. That works out at over 8 million flights ferrying a skilled workforce from mainly Scottish airports over some of the most...
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Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...students have experienced racial harassment. Over 50% of staff who had experienced racial harassment describe incidents of being ignored or excluded because of their race. And nearly a third experienced racist name calling. I’m here because there are stark degree awarding gaps between Black students and their white peers. And I’m here because I’m absolutely...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Understanding Alice
History & The Arts

Understanding Alice

...becomes a source of power and liberation. She refuses to continue her attempts to follow the rules, and dismisses the proceedings as ridiculous and the entire court as ‘nothing but a pack of cards’ (ch. 12). This view of childhood as intrinsically honest is another clue into why Charles Dodgson found the company of children attractive. Big and small: Alice’s...
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Article 10 mins