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NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it
Society, Politics & Law

NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it

...Politically, we are a long way from 1998. Looking back, all is different and small shifts are still occurring 25 years on. [Polling station in Bangor. Photograph for the article discussing what the Good Friday Agreement meant for electoral dynamics.] Find out more To discover what the Good Friday Agreement means in wider context, why not try the courses below?...
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Sacrificial Metals
Science, Maths & Technology

Sacrificial Metals

...course Our Chemical Environment (ST240)...[Coral and fish] According to this table aluminium should react with oxygen more readily than iron, which is easily oxidized in the presence of water and oxygen. How is it then that aluminium can be used for aeroplanes which are in constant contact with water and oxygen? In reality, aluminium does react with oxygen very rapidly...
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On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...course, the trump card that Brexiteers hope to play to their advantage in the closing weeks of the referendum campaign is immigration. According to the Brexit argument, public services and especially the NHS is being ‘overrun’ by demand from immigrants. Fewer immigrants will mean more resources to treat UK nationals and shorter waiting lists. Recent statistics suggest...
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The arts in Participatory Action Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

The arts in Participatory Action Research

...course and another produced Christmas cards which she later developed as a business. [Words of encouragement in a tool box]The process of creating artwork and digital narratives also enabled a sense of community, improved communication, and the sharing of important information. As they viewed each other’s pictures, toolbox contents and listened to poems, the women in...
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A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...course, everyone will think it’s a joke me studying English”. Or another time, when I went on a training session and the topic changed to an arranged marriage. The group activity started and the people on my table looked straight to me for an answer. It took me everything not to scream “Arranged marriages happen in other cultures too, look at the Royal Family!” It...
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Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is there such thing as ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism?

...course, is also true for autistic people. Externalising An example of externalising could be a child at school expressing their distress by slamming a door – a reaction that is immediately obvious to those around them, and one that is hard to ignore. It’s important to bear in mind, though, that while externalising might seem to be more straightforward to interpret on...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...course taken by the Golden Globe sailors, and by looking again at the voyage made by own sailor Antoine Cousot, we investigate the biodiversity of islands, which are special and often threatened havens for life on Earth. We finish by considering the future of biodiversity from a geographical perspective. The Measurement and Importance of Biodiversity Biodiversity in its...
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Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity

...course be other frames in which the objects appear to behave differently, so we need a description of all the frames, and the way to relate them. The trick was to consider space and time as a four-dimensional object in itself – not a fixed stage on which the objects are defined, but something that itself can change. Space-time Let’s say you and I are going to meet for...
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