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University lingo
Education & Development

University lingo

...the difference between a firm choice and an unconditional offer? Or what a seminar or semesters are? Explore this interactive to demystify university terminology...[Screenshot of University Lingo interactive with 'Click to start' button] [university ready - white back ] This resource is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Activity 5 mins
Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world
OpenLearn Ireland

Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world

...believing - or can it help with maths as well? Complete this interactive activity to find out how to use your visual skills to help you estimate and make calculations...[A photograph of a man sitting on a cliff. In the distance, there is a lighthouse. This is the banner image for the activity.] Select the image above to start the interactive activity, or click this link....
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Article 5 mins
Honour thy vulnerable witnesses
Health, Sports & Psychology

Honour thy vulnerable witnesses

...social interaction, sensory difficulties and repetitive patterns of behaviours, activities or interests. Furthermore, people with ASD process faces differently than a neurotypical individual meaning that they tend to focus less on and give fewer details about a face or a person. Additionally, they have difficulties remembering what happened during an event, who did what...
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Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...interact when exposed to jokes or funny tales. “You [might] see a couple,” Higgins says, “and you can tell that they’re checking each other’s responses. Like, can I laugh at this?” Making people laugh has the potential to make the joke teller feel a bit better, too. “This is perfect for me,” says Ronson of the set-up, an intimate informal space in which...
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Article 10 mins
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...Social Care, have begun to explore the experiences of children and young people’s death anxiety as a result of COVID-19, and the impact of the pandemic and death on staff working in long term care establishments, and how grief was reported in UK newspapers during the pandemic. We know that COVID-19 has upended many our understandings of the world around us, including...
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Article 20 mins
Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?

...social networking and shopping sites). Personal data that is accrued by many internet search engines, shopping sites and social networking sites is then sold. In the case of most of these services, this is carried out with the consent of the individuals concerned – but there have been debates about the validity and extent of this consent. When we search our medical...
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Article 5 mins
Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...Social media is great for connecting, but at times it can leave us feeling panicked - especially when we compare ourselves to others. Learn how to manage wellbeing in the digital age with this helpful article... How to manage the digital-related stress of technology 6: Make new friends, but don’t forget your old ones [Two female flatmates chatting on the sofa] Make an...
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Psychological profiling
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological profiling

...interactions and tends to remain localised and parochial to that activity until more and more concrete paradigms are experienced. Paul, are careers in psychological profiling generally available? Do have any more information? I'm seriously interested. Andre Hopper I think it must be an argument that people who commit serious crime have not developed empathy. Often when...
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Article 10 mins