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Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...skills with this free course on effective communication. Learn how to build rapport, navigate difficult conversations, and apply a psychological model to understand and respond to interpersonal behaviour, helping you communicate more effectively in everyday interactions...This free course is one in a series focusing on leadership, decision-making and communication in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...study to investigate whether a group of dogs, including Daisy, her pet, could reliably sniff breast cancer in human samples, Daisy started “acting weird”. “She kept staring at me. One day, I opened the boot of my car to get her out and she kept jumping at me. It was strange, because she’s a very gentle dog. She bashed at me a few times, and I pushed her off. I...
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Article 5 mins
Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?
Society, Politics & Law

Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?

...study led by sociologist Douglas Massey, published last month at the American Journal of Sociology and summarized at Made in America. He and his colleagues collected the migration histories of about 150,000 Mexican nationals who had lived for at least a time in the US and compared them with border policy. They found that: More border enforcement changed where migrants...
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Week 1 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 1 Civilisations: The debate

...studying art from the Renaissance to the present, from a global perspective. The series will thus overlap quite a bit, although the topic of A344 has been not a history of separate 'civilisations', but cross-cultural connections and the legacies of colonialsm, empire and globalisation. Civilisations is indeed a visual spectacle, but what the series is doing is important,...
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Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...studies may directly facilitate a behaviour change that might be beneficial to the individual and the public. For example, very early in the course of the pandemic we recognised that the risk of dying because of COVID-19 is twice as high for obese people than people with healthy BMI. The question we should be asking is: whose job really is to inform the public about this...
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Article 10 mins
Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia

...studying cells to find changes in structure and calcium signalling inside cells. CLN3 is a rare disease which affects the eyes, brain and heart in humans, starting with eyesight deterioration around the age of 4-8 years. During their lifetime, patients experience worsening symptoms including seizures and a dementia-like deterioration. In their 20s they often develop heart...
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Article 10 mins
OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...Studies, Harvard University, the University of California, Los Angeles and the London School of Economics. Richard works in the field of comparative politics and specialises in British politics and is presently researching the British prime minister. Anne Wesemann, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Business and Law , specialises in European Union Law and comparative...
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OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”

...you would like to attend, please register here . If you are unable to join us on campus perhaps you will be able to join the livestream broadcast from the lecture theatre. Please connect to our Facebook Event page for further information on the event, updates and links on the night. Explore more... Visit the OpenStem Labs Find out about studying with The Open University...
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