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Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...public events. A confident performer – helped no doubt by spending 14 years as the lead singer of a band called You Jump First – he asks the audience to raise their left arms. They obey. After a pause, he asks them to raise their right arms. Once again, they comply. “I know you’re conscious because you’ve all got your hands up,” he declares. The same sort of...
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Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...public were men who manipulated electronic instruments and equipment. Behind the scenes was a male-dominated industry of producers, songwriters, publishers, and recording engineers. (Dunbar, 2011, p. 177) Male rock musicians, such as Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), sang about love, sex, and relationships from positions of power and control, while the aggressive sound of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...health nut. I love taking supplements and being fit, but I can never understand what's going on in terms of evidence. There's always conflicting evidence. Should I take vitamin C? Should I be taking wheat grass? So this is a visualisation of all the evidence for nutritional supplements. This kind of diagram is called a balloon race. So the higher up the image, the more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...public awareness of the problem was heightened by widespread toxic blue-green bacterial blooms (commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as algal blooms) in standing and slow-flowing freshwaters. Figure 1.4 shows blue-green bacteria (cyanobacteria) growing at the margins of a lake. Cyanobacteria are not typical bacteria, not only because some of them are photosynthetic, but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...public perception (Samuel and Tenenbaum, 2011). These events all provide opportunity for disruption in their athletic career and require the ability to adapt and adjust. However, it could equally be argued that lower level athletes face greater challenges negotiating transitions. One reason for this is because lower level athletes are more likely to have to juggle...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...publics and especially people in local communities. What does place and belonging mean to the participants in your previous installations? And how is affinity to place and living together expressed through oral declarations? Have there been any particular themes? Lucia: Isolation and urban environment … Memory and nostalgia… You have to differentiate between nostalgia...
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Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...public to issue their judgement on his time in office, Varoufakis said: If only that were so! Voters are being asked to endorse Alexis Tsipras’ decision, on the night of their majestic referendum verdict, to overturn it; to turn their courageous No into a capitulation, on the grounds that honouring that verdict would trigger a Grexit. This is not the same as calling on...
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A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Education & Development

A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu

...public ministry as Archbishop of Cape Town. His sermons were always challenging, electrifying, solemn, and fun in equal measure, he had a gift of delivering a message thoughtfully and was also very capable of poking fun at himself and others. [Christmas Day 1990 outside St George’s Cathedral: Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Anna and John Page] Christmas Day 1990 outside St...
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