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myf.cymru – Mental health through the medium of Welsh
Education & Development

myf.cymru – Mental health through the medium of Welsh

...studying in Wales and beyond...[Graphic of woman sitting smiling looking at a screen] Myf.cymru is a national initiative dedicated to enhancing mental health and wellbeing support for Welsh-speaking students across Wales and beyond. The project focuses on raising awareness, reducing stigma, and encouraging open conversations about mental health through the medium of...
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Article 5 mins
Doreen Massey: Space, Place and Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Doreen Massey: Space, Place and Politics

...study of geography into new inter-disciplinary directions... Introduction by Doreen Massey Doreen talks about her life and work at The Open University. Why geography matters OU Professor John Allen introduces the lecture Relational thinking Professor Ash Amin from Durham University talks about the influence of Doreen's work Spatial divisions of labour Professor Jamie...
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Audio 2 hrs 32 mins
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...studied tendency of how many people perceive human migrants.Taking an Aesopian view of this story, Belushya Guba may be a fable of animals fighting for their survival in a dystopian climate change conflict with humans. Under current climate change projections, there may not be a happy ending to this morality tale. Bearish instincts and their ability to plan and act...
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Article 15 mins
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course you will be able to: understand practical problems, some of which are non-routine identify the maths skills you need to tackle a problem use maths in an organised way to find the solution you’re looking for use appropriate checking procedures at each...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...study the different discursive frames that people adopt when they think about what it means to be an authentic and/or sincere person. This was my first adventure into social psychological research and I was interested in studying the forms of language and symbolism through which people construct their realities. The question, in other words, was not ‘What is an...
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Article 5 mins
Literature and the Environment
Nature & Environment

Literature and the Environment

...Studies have shown that reading stories can increase our empathy, reduce prejudice and persuade us of something. Could books also prompt us to take more notice of the environment? Authors have always expressed environmental concerns in their writing. A flood provides the climax to George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss (1860). The first paragraph of Margery Allingham’s...
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Article 10 mins
Is norovirus an economic threat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is norovirus an economic threat?

...study published in PLOS ONE. That’s $15 billion more than the insurance payouts for Hurricane Katrina, $40 billion more than the estimated costs of the September 11 terrorist attacks, and $20 billion more than the 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake. That’s over sixty Airbus A380 airplanes, one of the largest passenger airplanes in the world. That’s enough to...
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What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brains when we're afraid - and can that help us overcome fear?

...study. He explained the process: "The way information is represented in the brain is very complicated, but the use of artificial intelligence (AI) image recognition methods now allow us to identify aspects of the content of that information. When we induced a mild fear memory in the brain, we were able to develop a fast and accurate method of reading it by using AI...
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