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5 things you need to know about sepsis
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 things you need to know about sepsis

...concentrating or sleeping. Friends, relatives and carers may also have worries. Some people may have life-changing physical after-effects, such as Stella whose story is shown in the video There are resources and organisations that offer support for those who have experienced sepsis. The UK Sepsis Trust website Recovery After Sepsis brochure Like this? Try a FREE course...
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How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...course, we can disagree on choices about the economy, morals, education and strategy, but we should recognise that liberty unites us much more than these disagreements divide us. Positive thinking It remains for politicians to make speeches that can bring us together. But each of us must also have a positive attitude towards our society, which offers so much liberty and...
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The budget warns about danger ahead
Money & Business

The budget warns about danger ahead

...course, this will be the case if there will be no further political crises in the interim, like a challenge to Theresa May’s leadership and/or a snap election. Whether you call yourself a Brexiter or a Remainer, there is nothing to be cheerful about, with GDP forecasts being considerably lower than the 2.1% median recorded over the last 300 years or so. And all of this...
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Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is Mental Health ‘All in the Mind’?

...course, popular approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness meditation do seek to change how we think and feel about our situation, but this does not mean that we can ignore the circumstances under which mental health problems develop in the first place. I can remember from my student days a popular Tee-shirt slogan, attributed to Kurt Cobain and...
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Designing interactive systems for dogs
Digital & Computing

Designing interactive systems for dogs

...course dogs also come in all shapes and sizes, so any design needs to be versatile enough to account for such a variety. The design of domestic appliances could be friendlier to dogs, particularly to dogs whose job it is to assist their human partners, by ensuring that each type of control (e.g. light switches) looks the same throughout the house (rather than changing...
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On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...Open University programming began, with a whole new unit set up to deal with its graphic needs. It was here that experiments with character generators began. Typical graphic design during the sixties saw a move to a greater use of photography and more detailed illustration, due mainly to the fact that 625-line transmissions when they were launched in 1964, allowed greater...
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...open and interested in receiving text suggestions from the young people, and gradually two-way reciprocal recommendations and ‘books in common’ between teachers and children developed. These prompted discussions and life connections and enabled new relationships to begin. Over time, teachers noticed children exchanging texts too and recognised the value of these...
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The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...course of the campaign, many thousands have changed their minds about Labour – giving Labour hordes of new members and supporters, and a good deal more credibility in places where it previously had none. This was, after all, the entire point of having a supporter sign-up system – and many will have joined, as the system’s architects hoped, from Labour’s right as...
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