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Science and the Psychics - Quiz
Health, Sports & Psychology

Science and the Psychics - Quiz

...work then you should check that this feature hasn't been switched off or disabled. Check your browser's help files for more information on this. You don't have Javascript turned on, so the buttons beneath each question will not work. Instead the answer is displayed beneath each button. 1. What is the name of the ability you would have if you could move objects by the...
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Brass Instruments
History & The Arts

Brass Instruments

...Work Technology and acoustical principles. How technical developments through history have affected the design of brass instruments. Changing Key and Pitch Playing the cornet, trombone and trumpet, experts demonstrate hand stopping and lipping. Mechanical Innovation : Keys The keyed bugle and the ophicleide enabled brass instruments to have a distinct voice in the band...
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Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...work long hours, without or little rights such as social protection, pensions, or sick leave. The low wages also mean that workers find it difficult to cover basic education expenses such as books etc and so many children leave education. As a result the literacy rate in Bangladesh has traditionally been low, remaining below 50% in 2011 (Countryeconomy.com, 2019). However...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...social, cultural or political terms, a regionalist movement seeking more autonomy for a region, or a regionally-based nationalist movement which seeks a separate state; or indeed it may refer to any combination of these...A Europe of the Regions?: 2.2 Diversity between states - To attempt more precise definitions would run the risk of arbitrarily excluding many of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...social movements who joined Labour, enthused by the Corbyn campaign, and had every intention of remaining in the Party. The reasoning behind these new rejections looks, at least at first sight, murky. Hattie Craig is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham, and a relatively prominent activist the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts – the biggest...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...social changes of the 1960s and ‘70s. Biology textbooks started to provide fuller accounts of the human reproductive systems, while methods of contraception began to be taught more widely. The emphasis was mostly on the provision of accurate information, and aims of sex education programmes included a decrease in ignorance, guilt, embarrassment and anxiety. Issues to do...
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Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?

...socially defined roles, behaviours and expectations. We are only now starting to understand sex-and-gender-based differences in women with cardiovascular disease, as for many years women were not included in clinical trials. Risk factors for heart disease, as well as the way it manifests itself, can be different between men and women. Risk factors common to both sexes...
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Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...social factors. For example, ‘patient activation’ is a term used to describe how involved a person can be in decisions and the extent to which they can self-manage their health. Sharing decision-making between an individual and a professional allows the clinical evidence to be used alongside someone’s lived experience of drug treatment. It is not unusual to see...
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