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Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...projecting from the viral envelope. Very many different variants of influenza have been identified since the virus was first discovered in 1935, and the variants are responsible for the different infections which occur in successive years. This is the reason that we can suffer from flu several times during our lives – in effect we become infected on each occasion with a...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...manage to enforce – earlier bedtimes are less at risk of depression and suicidal thinking. Like light therapy and sleep deprivation, the precise mechanism is unclear, but researchers suspect a closer fit between sleep time and the natural light–dark cycle is important. But sleep phase advance has so far failed to hit the mainstream. And, Stewart accepts, it’s not...
Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing
Education & Development

Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing

...managing time before writing a first draft Reading and interpreting the assessment brief Using Turnitin formatively for drafts Engaging with support and tutorials...Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing: 8.1 Building a culture of integrity - Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT or Bard can support your learning. They can explain concepts or...
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...manageable steps. For some activities you will need access to a printer. Finally, you will learn a range of techniques to produce well organised notes that can be used when writing an assignment. If you decide to go to university, you will have to prepare for exams and research essays. In order to do this, you will need to be able to read the most appropriate sources and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...management of this conflict, and a reluctance to acknowledge the social context within which it has arisen, have given the debate a longevity and potency perhaps far beyond that which the scientific arguments themselves warrant. MMR vaccine consists of a freeze-dried preparation of live but weakened (attenuated) virus particles, intended to provoke recognition of the...
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...project similar viewpoints across sport as emphasised by the quote from Donald Trump above when responding to the national anthem protests that have spread across the United States since 2016. This first session is designed to give a broad introduction to sport and politics, before delving into football and the World Cup more specifically in subsequent sessions. First,...
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...managing the eligibility process. Professor Burns said: “I was hoping to say that we would have more intellectually disabled athletes in Rio than London, however there are other factors this year which have skewed this, one factor being that Russia’s athletes are excluded and their places are currently being allocated. “However, I am absolutely thrilled with the...
Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...managers by Industry Week magazine found recession-battered stalwarts of major firms low on morale and gloomy about the future. This, concluded the magazine, was very much a winter of discontent. 1985 The BBC had a go at refreshing the cliche, trying to paint a soggy late summer bank holiday as a "summer of discontent" (with Ian McCaskill apparently afraid to even tell...