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What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...research on infancy. Finally, you will examine criminal justice history to understand how research can challenge existing perceptions or myths about the past. Through the activities in each section you will experience a wide range of historical evidence and understand its importance for historians in constructing new knowledge. You can find a list of definitions of key...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
A discussion on melanoma (skin cancer) as a teenager
Health, Sports & Psychology

A discussion on melanoma (skin cancer) as a teenager

...research and education portfolio around children and young people with cancer. Wendy completed her PhD in early 2020 which explored the experiences of young people living with malignant melanoma and has played a leading role in developing many best practice initiatives. Melanoma in young peopleI was 16 at the time, and I found this spot on my neck... it looked like a...
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Methods in Motion: A view from a train
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: A view from a train

...research methods, and is not a solely philosophical matter. The troublesome notion of ‘being in motion’ has been a theme in science for hundreds of years, and it surely reached a zenith with Einsteinian relativity. It is no exaggeration to say that Einstein put all prior scientific certainty into question. Perhaps understandably, for most of human existence people...
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How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...research scanner (such as the FMRIB Centre scanner) has a field strength of 3 teslas (T), about 50,000 times greater than the Earth’s field. The magnetic field inside the scanner affects the magnetic nuclei of atoms. Normally atomic nuclei are randomly oriented but under the influence of a magnetic field the nuclei become aligned with the direction of the field. The...
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The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done

...children and young people? There is little research that can directly inform us about this, although Bandura’s work offers a strong theoretical reason to strongly suspect negative effects. Taking care While current concerns about harms are dominant, there are good examples of best practice in broadcasting, and I have been privileged to be able to help many productions...
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Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...children safe and still finding ways of looking out for each other. A quick skim through Twitter and teachers are connecting with each other, just as they always have – offering ideas, actively listening, or just putting out a hand of support.A quick skim through Twitter and teachers are connecting with each other, just as they always have – offering ideas, actively...
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
Languages

Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...children in the Lake District in 1929. One of the four Walker children featured in the novel, Titty Walker, is based on the real life Mavis Altounyan. As the Telegraph recently reported, Barbara Altounyan, Mavis’s niece, is furious that the name is being changed for, she argues, reasons of political correctness. Saying her aunt would be “turning in her grave”, she...
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Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis
Education & Development

Bias in ADHD and autism diagnosis

...Research samples and diagnostic criteria have, and still continue to, reflect this group, thus, shaping expectations around who is neurodivergent. This has produced a ‘typical’ profile of the hyperactive boy who cannot sit still, the autistic child with highly visible special interests, and outward visible behaviours. However, neurodivergence is not experienced in the...
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