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Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...study the structure and dynamics of our galaxy, the Milky Way and they introduce the challenges inherent in mapping the geometry and expansion of the universe. This material forms part of the course S282 Astronomy... Astronomy A short introduction to this album. Our Invisible Sun Scientists investigate sun spots, solar flares and arcs using x-ray telescopes, featuring the...
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Audio 1 hr 21 mins
Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...study approach... Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment A short introduction to this album Visual Impairment: Derek 's Story Derek Child describes how he felt when he lost his sight. Training techniques Derek talks about long cane training and his decision to do guide dog training. Dealing with External Environment Derek describes the difficulties faced on the...
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Audio 54 mins
Understanding Identity
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Identity

...study of risk. Interest groups would be beneficial. Ethnicity - what is it? he increasing visibility of different races and ethnicities in all aspects of British life. Is this trend is likely to continue or whether a kind of ‘English ethnicity’ assert itself? Ethnicity and race The implications of race and ethnicity for racism. Racism - individual and institutional...
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Audio 1 hr 48 mins
What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...skills, decision-making, problem-solving). It illustrates some examples of reconfiguring of resources, shifting in perspective and balancing between competing aspects, values, and goals. Jan is demonstrating flexibility and recognising that with job offers, there is some room for negotiation that would enable a more flexible arrangement that would work for her, enabling...
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Article 10 mins
Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars
Society, Politics & Law

Women in the Railway in Scotland During both World Wars

...skilled trimmers, French polishers or sewing machinists producing the fine upholstery and polished hardwood interiors for the railway coaches”. While these positions would also have been regarded by some as ‘naturally fitting’ for women, given their primary responsibilities and the gendered expectations of that era, some were skilled roles, challenging the idea that...
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Article 10 mins
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...skills needed to perform the job. Assessment processes within political parties are arduous but based on the displays of shamelessness and incompetence may have been recruiting untrustworthy people who lack, competence, integrity or both. The primary concerns of assessment seem to be whether the candidate upholds the value of their party, with the final decision for...
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Article 10 mins
Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future
History & The Arts

Butetown Carnival: past, present, and future

...skills back, invest them with value and teach younger generations, so that they want to continue these traditions going forward. There are also those of us who are falling in the gap of ‘rageism’ – racism and ageism. In modern Wales, there are lots of projects for young people of colour. But there is a large group of us who’ve been excluded for decades. We want to...
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Article 10 mins
Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...skills through cognitive difficulties, such as those associated with dementia, this can have an even more profound effect on our sense of self, as we have to ‘re-learn’ to live without being able to rely on memory or being able to always find the words to say when we need them. If we are being supported by loved ones, we may also feel that our role in life has...
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Article 5 mins