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The biology of loving our pets
Science, Maths & Technology

The biology of loving our pets

...attention. However, it might also explain why some pets love affection and others aren’t so keen. A study showed that cats who are more anxious and shy show a decrease in oxytocin when they are forced to cuddle or be stroked, whereas cats who are affectionate show an increase in oxytocin (Chang et al., 2025). The study concluded that forcing anxious cats to cuddle could...
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Article 5 mins
Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
Health, Sports & Psychology

Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse

...attention. "How do you know you have grace?" said a minister to a housemaid. "Because I clean under the mats" was the excellent reply. If a housemaid said that, how much more should a nurse, all whose vessels mean patients. *** Now what does "like a woman" mean when it is said in contempt? Does it not mean what is petty, little selfishnesses, small meannesses; envy;...
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Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
Education & Development

Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection

...attention to the problems of systemic racism in policing and in society, not just in the US but in the UK too. [This is a poster from a Black Lives Matter protest of 2020] Students examined some of the current issues in race and policing through a historical lens. They began with the pamphlet published in 1892 by Ida B Wells: the Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its...
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Video 10 mins
Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey

...attention to their tutor’s general advice in online tutorials and use specific feedback on their assignments to improve their design work constantly. Your tutor will advise you on the best way to contact them, so don’t hesitate to seek clarification if you are unsure about anything. Initially, formulating your questions might be challenging, or you might feel hesitant...
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When words escape control: Tourette syndrome and slurs
Education & Development

When words escape control: Tourette syndrome and slurs

...attention. Utterances that create discomfort The episode at the BAFTAs was understandably much criticised, but it also highlights an uncomfortable clash between two distinct properties of language. On the one hand, there was the use of a word widely considered to be one of the most offensive slurs in society. On the other, its utterance was the result of a neurological...
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Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...attention to how sexualised and ridiculous female superhero costumes and postures often are. These attempts also draw attention to the clear male/female binary that is in play (when women are represented at all in superhero movies). It is possible to gender flip characters - and find the results ridiculous - because the depictions are so very binary: hypermasculine male...
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Article 15 mins
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...attention are predominantly white, Western male voices. For Black women, for disabled people, for those existing at the intersections of multiple marginalised identities, this has meant our voices have been studied about rather than listened to, with our experiences filtered through others’ interpretations rather than articulated in our own words. Traditional...
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Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...attention on juvenile or youthful misbehaviour: often referred to as juvenile delinquency. At the core of this is criminal behaviour (behaviour that breaks the current laws of the country), but juvenile delinquency also includes what might be called status offences (behaviour that is illegal only for this particular age group such as under-age smoking or drinking, or...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs