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Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen

...change in tone However in Season two, stereotypical depictions of bipolar emerge. Previously, Mathison’s defiance and refusal to take orders from her superiors reflected her insight and exceptional awareness of Brody as a real threat. Her decisions were often accompanied by plausible reasons. Throughout the progression of the second season, however, Mathison appears to...
About the stroop test
Education & Development

About the stroop test

...change during the day, for example if we are tired or have drunk alcohol. These changes in inhibitory control will be reflected in our performance on the Stroop task. Being able to assess an individual’s inhibitory control is important, particularly if they have extreme problems in this area. Neuropsychologists study inhibitory control and how it is affected by brain...
COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice
Society, Politics & Law

COP26 Glasgow and questions of environmental and social justice

...changing entanglements of Glasgow’s social and economic needs with matters of environmental health and wellbeing are evident throughout Glasgow’s history, even if rarely acknowledged or understood much of the time. As Glaswegians, this is an important time to reflect on this history. Glasgow: from the second city of the Empire to….? Glasgow has long had a ‘global...
Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...changed dramatically for me when this happened. She burst into my life with all the energy that those who do remember her will inevitably describe. She was playful, warm, energetic and loving. She broke the rules and challenged the status quo. She was passionate, kind and caring. She was forceful, strong willed and determined. She was fiercely clever and ambitious for the...
How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...change. The “overwhelming risks” foreseen in the review sadly seem to have come to pass. Major contractor Carillion’s collapse comes shortly after an autumn in which UK construction activity fell at its fastest pace in five years. Studies have found that Brexit could cost the industry £10 billion, while the 2017 government industrial strategy was widely denounced...
A brief history of the lens
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of the lens

...changing breakthrough emerged through parallel developments in China and Italy. As lens making became more accurate, artists began to realise the possibilities for using a lens to help with making an image, at the same time as they asked questions about the effects of light on how we interpret what we see. This matters if you want to paint a realistic human figure; the...
Exploring Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring Europa

...change the chemistry of the surface. To allow us to assess the prospects for life in Europa’s ocean, we need to answer questions like: how can we recognise chemical compounds from the ocean and distinguish them from dust or molecules that might have been delivered from space? How might compounds from the ocean change during their journey from the ocean to the surface?...
'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...change and limit the possibility of addressing racial inequalities at large? Moreover, one critical question or area of inquiry is how do individuals within organisations, who shape the structures, processes, practices and ‘cultures’ within those organisations, address institutional, structural and systemic racism in meaningful ways when racism is so normalised as to...