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Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...research on South Asian beliefs in immortality and practices relating to life-extension see www.ayuyog.org. van Eck Duymaer van Twist, A. and Newcombe, S. (2018) ‘“Trust Me, You Can't Trust Them”: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies,’ in Asbjørn Dyrendal, David Robertson and Egil Asprem (eds.) Brill Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary...
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What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?
Digital & Computing

What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?

...Boing, published 12:30pm, Mon 14th Oct 2013. Munz, P., Hudea, I., Imad, J., & Smith, R. J. (2009) "When zombies attack!: mathematical modelling of an outbreak of zombie infection", Infectious Disease Modelling Research Progress, 4, pp.133–150. Wilensky, U. (1999) NetLogo, Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL....
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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...research shows very few people enable features like two-factor authentication. And even if they can, few people consider canceling their accounts – they depend too heavily on specific email addresses or other internet services in their daily lives. Policymakers get stuck, too: New groups of well-heeled executives convene to study the same old problem and end up issuing...
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Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...Research has shown that regular exercise/physical activity can boost our mood. It might be the last thing we would think of doing, but it may be the one that it’s worth the most. Walking and other physical activity regularises the blood supply to all your vital organs and tissues, including the brain. Regular supply of oxygen and glucose to the brain and other organs is...
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Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum

...Research and Education. Routledge (London). Needham C and Carr S., (2009) Co production: An Emerging Evidence Base for Adult Social Care Transformation (researchgate.net). Ostrom, V. and Ostrom, E (1977) ‘Public Goods and Public Choices’ in E. S. Savas (ed.) Alternatives for Delivering Public Services: Toward Improved Performance. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Social...
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Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...research networks or defence procurement cooperation, but not to unilaterally opt out of regional funds which help the poorest regions of Europe or to opt out of the bits of product standards linked to the single market that the UK does not like. In the next few years, flexible integration will undoubtedly become a key focus for the EU. If the EU is to survive, its policy...
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...researching your career options, you may already have come across the word ‘internship’ several times, and it can be easy to assume that you must complete one otherwise employers will never be interested in you. Read on to find out why that is not the case...Week 1: What is an internship or work experience opportunity?: 1.1 What’s the difference between work...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...research institutes in the UK, with a particular focus on an interdisciplinary approach and communication with the public, local authorities, business, etc., is named after him - the Tyndall Centre in Norwich. Box 2 'Exciting' molecular vibrations The chemical bonds that hold a molecule together are like springs and, like them, they can stretch and flex, making the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs