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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...world-renowned scientific integrity expert. After receiving her PhD at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, where she worked on epidemic Vibrio cholerae strains, Dr Bik conducted research on the microbiomes of humans and marine mammals for many years. Writing on her blog ScienceIntegrityDigest, Twitter, and PubPeer, she is an expert in detecting inappropriately...
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Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...world actually is full of dangerous things. There is evidence that at least some high N scorers do well at college because they strive hard to avoid failure, and people who get convicted of traffic offences may be less neurotic than those who do not (and therefore, presumably, less fearful to the danger of getting caught). The balance between the different systems is...
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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...world music, jazz, brass band, musicals. The list could go on, of course, and I hope I haven't offended for failing to include your own particular musical passion! But the important point to make here is that nowadays, music of every type is easily accessible to listen to and to engage with. I would certainly urge you to take advantage of this situation and, if you think...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...world! Introduction: Italian L'Italia offre una vasta varietà di pane, dolci e pietanze cotte al forno, riflettendo la diversità culturale e culinaria delle venti regioni. Tipica dell'Emilia Romagna è la piadina, un tipo di pane azzimo che risale ai tempi antichi e viene cotto su una piastra o testo. Alcuni dolci siciliani risalgono alla dominazione araba in Sicilia,...
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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...world shows that complex application processes, pejorative treatment and discriminatory practices undermine dignity of people receiving monetary assistance. In some cases, it even contributes to people being excluded from accessing benefits, despite being eligible. In South Africa, poor single mothers who were eligible for income support for their children reportedly...
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Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...World War was the ‘people’s war’ - the first where women were involved just as much as men, and we can see the two strands coming through. Millions Like Us (1943) is the story of a young, single, working-class woman going into the munitions factory; while Mrs Miniver (1942) made by William Wyler for MGM, features a middle-class wife during the first year of the war....
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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...World War rationing who cannot bear to throw out any food. Reading through some of the research [see the Further reading list below] into the behaviour of compulsive hoarders led me to this question: If compulsive hoarders (whose hoarding is by definition out of control) are one extreme end of a continuum, how can we define a healthy relationship to personal possessions?...
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The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...world’s leading provider of online and distance education with over 200,000 students and 4,000 members of staff, and is organised by the Four Nations: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The OU mission statement is to be ‘Open to people, places, methods and ideas’ . The OU has an open access policy, supporting learners from a diverse range of backgrounds...
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