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Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...system that crossed the Irish Sea centuries ago, went beyond the Pale and spread across the globe (Linebaugh, 2019). In Africa, the Irish have always been unequivocally White even when to the English in England they have been a bit less than White, and possibly a bit Black (Ralston, 1999). It is some of these personal and political complications of whiteness that I...
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Video 30 mins
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...system. ‘H’ sounds like the Spanish ‘j’. Words beginning with ‘sc’, ‘sl’, ‘sm’, ‘sn’, ‘sp’ and ‘st’ have an ‘e’ added to them. Box 2: Understanding names and places When it comes to understanding native Spanish speakers knowing what kind of pronunciation to expect will help you catch places and names more easily. Although the consonant...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...system but not cause any symptoms of the diseases themselves. The vaccine is usually given in two doses, both by injection. The first dose is given to babies aged 12–15 months, and the second (a ‘booster’) is given at school age, intended to protect those children (about 5–10%) that did not respond to the first dose. The triple vaccination programme was introduced...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
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

...think Hungary would have little to fear from prospective refugees. But the number of immigrants rarely bears any relationship to the fear of them. Right after the EU accession, a 2007 opinion survey saw 80% of Hungarians say they would not welcome ethnic groups such as Arabs, Chinese and Russians into their country. The same refusal rate applied for the Pirez – a...
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Article 10 mins
Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?

...think it was the fall season – and for us Americans, that means pumpkin spice. Weaving in and out of each aisle, I was inundated with row upon row of pumpkin spice M&Ms, pumpkin spice yogurt, pumpkin spice Oreos, pumpkin spice cereal, pumpkin spice beer, pumpkin spice cookies, pumpkin spice bagels, pumpkin spice Pop-Tarts, pumpkin spice popcorn, pumpkin spice hummus,...
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Reviewing science funding
Science, Maths & Technology

Reviewing science funding

...think twice about investing in UK science, but also decision-makers in San Francisco or Shanghai that benefit from the access to a broader market of talent. The chancellor has come out of the Spend Review riding high, benefiting from some slight-of-hand, but also from some genuinely farsighted decisions. However as the European negotiations reach their moment of truth in...
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Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...thinking about problems and challenging self-defeating beliefs and behaviours. Taking everything into account it would seem that you don’t have to be your friend’s ‘therapist’ in order to help them and, in fact, you can be more helpful by being a good friend to them in a number of ways that a therapist can’t. References Allan, G. (2008) ‘Flexibility,...
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Article 10 mins
European Championships 2016: Home Nations dare to dream or will it be an early Brexit?
Health, Sports & Psychology

European Championships 2016: Home Nations dare to dream or will it be an early Brexit?

...but a Northern Ireland v Wales final seems unlikely sadly. I think we could see a France v England final with England being inspired by in-form strikers, Kane and Vardy. It may be fanciful but in the words of the Northern Ireland slogan we should ‘dare to dream’. This article was originally published on the OU Sport & Fitness Team blog. Explore our Euro 2016 hub...
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Article 10 mins