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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...circulating the fringes of the protest snatching unguarded placards and other items of protest material culture and destroying them, it became clear to me that the most interesting element of the protest was not the speeches and discussions but the iconoclastic violence (by which I mean the deliberate destruction of objects for political reasons) carried out, without...
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The psychology of conspiracy theories
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of conspiracy theories

...circulating as a set of ideas – on the basis of which movements are established, political projects forged and power relations challenged and sustained. A theory of conspiracy theories Where does this leave the psychology of conspiracy theories? Clearly, looking for stable psychological characteristics or cognitive biases that differentiate believers from sceptics may...
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London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...circulated unchecked, and they hope the other hospitals will see the necessity of adopting some such arrangement. Indeed, from the indifference to contagion which seems to exist in some these establishments, it is a matter of surprise to your Committee that more fatal results do not occur. Your Committee have learnt with great pain, that in all the Hospitals of London a...
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The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...circulate in the body after the primary adaptive immune response subsides. These memory cells are specifically programmed to recognise the same pathogens that triggered the primary response if they ever get into the body again. Every type of pathogen has at least one (often many more) unique molecules known as antigens in their structure that are not found anywhere else...
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Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...circulation. But what assumptions are being made in these stories about what it means for a young person to be healthy, whether physically or mentally? What kind of model of wellbeing is being used in these discourses, and are there alternative approaches?...Young people’s wellbeing: 2.1 Defining wellbeing - Wellbeing has become popular among policy makers as a generic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France

...et c’est pour cette raison que les Français vont à la boulangerie de leur quartier au moins une fois par jour. La baguette est toujours le type de pain le plus répandu, mais il en existe beaucoup d’autres. Il y a de nombreuses sortes de pains blancs. On les distingue grâce à leur taille, de la ficelle à la flûte, et grâce à leur forme, de la boule à la...
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Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...circulated in various ways and vested with different functions and meanings over the years. Activity 1 Before you move on to the three case studies, let’s consider the previous paragraph by looking at the song ‘Happy Birthday to You’. Can you remember how you learned this song? What do you think are the function and meaning of the song (i.e. when is it normally...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Sniffing out disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out disease

...double Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, started to investigate the composition of breath using sophisticated scientific instruments of the day. Technical difficulties remained for many years but these approaches have now been re-vitalised with the discovery that animals can detect various diseases. You probably already know that police sniffer dogs can detect drugs and...
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