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Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...research. However, many people find the idea of using statistics, and especially statistical software packages, extremely daunting. This free course, Getting started with SPSS, takes a step-by-step approach to statistics software through seven interactive activities. No statistics software is needed...Handling statistical data is an essential part of psychological...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...centre of the atom is a label ‘nucleus’. There is a label indicating that on the outside of the atom is a ‘region occupied by electrons’.] Figure 2 The inside of an atom. At the centre of an atom is a nucleus. If the atom was the size of a football stadium the nucleus would be the size of an orange at the centre! The diameter of a nucleus is about one...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...children... BONI ADELIYI: Fight for your Black friends. Defend your Black colleagues. SPEAKER 1: ...And the young student who got her community active and fighting for their rights. We’ll show you what qualities these young leaders showed in fighting for something they believe in. Marcus Rashford, in action for Manchester United. Not the obvious person you’d expect to...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
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From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...centres (Edinburgh and Glasgow both recorded Remain votes higher than the national average). Only in Moray, where just over 50% voted Remain, was the outcome relatively close. Not surprisingly, there has been a great deal of analysis and debate around the outcome of the 2016 referendum, as commentators have sought to find an explanation for it. One way of approaching...
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Understanding antibiotic resistance

...Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is not for those of a nervous disposition. It holds some of the world's most deadly life forms. This facility contains some of the greatest evils ever collected in one place. This bacteria causes the plague. Your flesh dies and rots while you're still alive. The Black Death of the 14th century killed a quarter of...
Life with the lions: Why relocating South African lions to Rwanda might create its own problems
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Life with the lions: Why relocating South African lions to Rwanda might create its own problems

...researchers and managers spent a lot of time and effort in finding a suitable source population. Many arguments were taken into account. Prevalence of diseases need to be known and selecting individuals for the translocation cannot negatively influence the source population. One of the guidelines for this is that priority should be given to a source population in close...
Strangers on a train platform: Refugees feel the hostility of Hungary
Society, Politics & Law

Strangers on a train platform: Refugees feel the hostility of Hungary

...research on anti-immigrant feelings in Hungary and Turkey, and it was clear to me that fear of migrants was far outpacing the reality of the “threat”. While there were already signs that Turkey was becoming a major destination for refugees leaving Syria, there was little indication that Hungary would also feel the brunt of the refugee crisis caused by wars in the...
How testosterone affects risk taking behaviour
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How testosterone affects risk taking behaviour

...Research has shown that testosterone has particular effects within the brain where it can alter the reactivity of areas of the brain that use the neurotransmitter dopamine for neuronal communication. What does this mean? Neurons (a type of brain cell) use chemical substances called ‘neurotransmitters’ to communicate with one another across the gaps that exist between...