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Tackling juror trauma and stress
Society, Politics & Law

Tackling juror trauma and stress

...simple and significant changes and improvements to services are likely to take time. However, strategies can focus on three broad domains; pre-trial, concurrent to the case, and post-trial. Support within trials could take the format of more clear preparation for jurors on the type of distressing content they may encounter within trials, and guidance on coping strategies...
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COVID Chronicles from the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

COVID Chronicles from the Margins

...simple, every day acts of solidarity with neighbours that have sustained her through lockdown. [Photo by Andrea Ibarra-Abreu] 'Anguish' by Andrea Ibarra-Abreu Andrea, an 18-year old art student, represents COVID19 quarantine with a photo called 'Anguish'. Fleeing political persecution, she recently moved to the UK with her family from Venezuela. This self-portrait...
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Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing

...simple pleasure of being in company with other people that you like. This can often lead to laughter and to taking part in activities that raise the spirits and provide a distraction from the more serious side of life. The give and take between partners in a friendship is an important element in its pleasure. People enjoy doing something for someone they like and the...
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Download our Chinese characters learning apps
Languages

Download our Chinese characters learning apps

...simple texts in characters. If you travel to China or other Chinese speaking places, whether for business or pleasure, you can play with the app at the airport, and land in your destination able to recognise some signs and say some useful expressions such as computers and mobiles, the internet, shops, and travelling by train, taxi or plane. Isn't Chinese really hard to...
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Someone’s attacking our connection to the internet - part one
Science, Maths & Technology

Someone’s attacking our connection to the internet - part one

...simple box with a few blinking lights on it, a router is a computer; it runs software – known as firmware; and this software can be compromised by the writers of malicious software. Router firmware is a tempting target for attackers since it is widespread, rarely updated and many users never change the default settings that make their routers possible. VPNFilter attacks...
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Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent
Education & Development

Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent

...simple strategies can help make feedback feel more manageable. What is feedback? Feedback is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as: ‘Information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked.’ While this might make you think about study or work, we get feedback in all aspects of our lives. Think about...
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Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...simple analogy to explain this continuity. While we think of colours as distinct, and assign them different labels such as red, green and blue, we look at a colour palette to understand the continuity of colours, and the difficulty of assigning discrete labels. In other words, we do not deny that the people of South Africa would on average have much darker skin compared...
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Ten top tips for writing a novel
History & The Arts

Ten top tips for writing a novel

...simple. Get a cat. Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie believed that a contented cat was a great aid to the deep concentration needed for novel writing. It works like this – the cat sees your desk lamp, decides it’s a good place for a nap, and settles down happily while you work. ‘Its presence alone is enough,’ Spark said. ‘The effect of a cat...
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