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How can I cope with exam stress?
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress?

...system gets switched on. Initially this is a good thing, because it is the activation of this system that releases the neurochemical adrenaline – and this stimulates you to get going and focus on your work. But the problem starts when periods of stress become prolonged. When this happens, the sympathetic branch stays permanently on, pouring adrenaline into the body and...
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Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...systems of production are far more complicated than the simple metaphor of a ‘chain’ suggests. Value is added incrementally by various people, activities and procedures. Often their contribution is not easy to see as a simple sequence of events. Chains of value run through economies, industries and organisations from suppliers to customers, with numerous, often...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...systems turned Brazil into a positive model of a democratic country ripe for foreign investment and a more important role in world affairs. [Utopia sculpture in Brasilia] A sculpture proclaiming Utopia in Brasilia A perfect political storm Brazil is now in the throes of a perfect storm of problems. It is experiencing an economic, political, social and moral crisis that...
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Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...systems of notes. It introduces the Western pitch system, then explores how pitch is organised in some other world traditions, including Aka singing from Central Africa, Sundanese gamelan music from Indonesia, and Arab classical music from Syria. The course explores how notes are represented through words and symbols, devoting special attention to Western staff notation...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How our brain changes as we grow old: the Blood Brain Barrier breakdown
Science, Maths & Technology

How our brain changes as we grow old: the Blood Brain Barrier breakdown

...system, controlling processes occurring at different levels in the body. The structure of the brain is complex and any disturbance can lead to alterations that would affect its functions in several ways. Our brain needs to obtain solutes and nutrients from the circulatory system, as well as to eliminate waste products derived from metabolism. This homeostasis regulation...
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Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...systems and different types of health care worker can be trained for different roles and needs with these health care systems. If British qualifications are to be valid in the EU, and if EU qualifications are to be valid in the UK (‘free movement of qualifications’) there will need to be a high level of compliance with the existing requirements. The greater the shared...
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Open sanctuary hub
Education & Development

Open sanctuary hub

This hub is a space of welcome for refugees, people in the asylum system and the wider community. It offers free courses covering a range of subjects.
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From space to laboratory in four days
Science, Maths & Technology

From space to laboratory in four days

...System, including how our own planet came to possess such vast oceans. To do this I look at water rich meteorites called CM chondrites, which probably come from very old asteroids formed early in Solar System history, and may have even brought water to Earth when the Solar System was in its infancy. I use the element oxygen to trace what water was up to all those years...
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