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What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?

...think Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Inception). [Woman sleeping under a Jane Austen book] Can you write your dreams as effectively as Jane Austen conjured her worlds? Lucid dreaming is still an understudied subject, but recent advances suggest it’s a hybrid state of waking consciousness and sleep. Lucid dreaming is one of many “anomalous” experiences that can occur...
What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Science, Maths & Technology

What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...thinking about space, time and gravity. Building on work published in 1905, the theory of general relativity tied together that what we commonly consider to be separate entities – space and time – into what is now called “space-time”. Space-time can be considered to be the fabric of the universe. That means everything that moves, moves through it. In this model,...
Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...think is possible, not only exposing those limits and confines but also revealing the spaces of freedom people can yet experience and the changes that can still be made’. Thus, genealogy enables us to historicise and denaturalise the present, and to explore the manner in which what we take for granted (as ‘the’ conception of citizenship, for instance), is in fact a...
Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?

...thinks it's as much in Berlin's interests, as those of London, for the UK to leave the EU smoothly...[Protests against TTIP in Munich, 2015] Protests against the EU's planned TTIP deal in Munich, 2015 There is a general perception in the UK that the remaining EU states, and Germany especially, would like to punish Britain for withdrawing from the European Union. This...
Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students
Education & Development

Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students

...thinking time before you ask them to speak. Questions: Let the students ask you questions, too: in taking part you are providing further opportunities to listen to a native speaker, as well as good models reinforcing and consolidating vocabulary and structures. Clarity Clarity of instructions: Instructions which are given orally and written on worksheets, PowerPoint...
Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy
Money & Business

Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy

...think their employer tries to improve their happiness. And don’t expect paychecks to do the job: the best predictor of workplace satisfaction, according to the Glassdoor research group, is the culture and values of the organisation, while compensation and benefits were consistently rated among the least important factors. The true bane of an organisation’s existence...
Will India prove fertile ground for post-Brexit trade?
Society, Politics & Law

Will India prove fertile ground for post-Brexit trade?

...thinking in a scenario where no one quite knows how migration will shape up in post-Brexit Britain. But in terms of investment in Britain, Indian companies have expressed concern that the UK may leave the single market. One of the big attractions of investing in the UK is that the country is a launchpad to other EU countries. As the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi,...
Universities, empires and refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Universities, empires and refugees

...think of recent times as flashpoints in efforts to decolonise university spaces, calls for education to be more representative of non-white and non-European histories has a longer history. In the United States, for example, there has long been calls for education to be more representative of Indigenous peoples and Black communities. More recently, since 2015 the UK...