2,845 search results
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...research groups and centres if those have a focus that interests you. Another useful approach is to find conferences related to your interests (British Psychological Society Section websites can be useful) then follow up the names of presenters. If you already have a university in mind, you will need to check whether your proposed research fits into its psychology...
View course Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...Research shows that as well as providing us with a form of entertainment, the activity of reading can bring benefits to our wellbeing in challenging times. People have experienced and explored these benefits throughout history. A good story can entertain us, develop our creativity and imagination, and transport us to different fictional worlds, but it can change us...
View course What happens to you when you read?
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover
History & The Arts

We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover

...children and adults. Judging books by their covers This negative reaction to a book cover is not without precedent: in 2012 Faber drew flak for reissuing Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar with a “chick-lit” cover depicting a woman fixing her make-up. Plath’s readers took issue with what they saw as the trivialisation of a novel about a woman’s descent into mental...
View article We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover
Article 10 mins
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...centres run by the R.S.P.C.A. and R.S.P.B. Over 2,000 were moribund, leaving 5,811 which were cleaned (R.S.P.C.A. 1967). Although very little hope could be held out for these birds, the Wildfowl Trust offered to take some from the overcrowded centres in Cornwall and attempt to rehabilitate them, gleaning as much information as possible from their day to day management and...
View article The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Article 10 mins
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...research on the ways in which historical, political and cultural power relations are associated with emotions and perceptions that people resort to in relation to national flags. Taking into account imperial histories and devolving struggles, these range between egalitarianism and dominance, openness and tolerance, nationalism and patriotism, dissensus and collectivism....
View article Mashing up the Union Jack
Article 10 mins
Auftakt: intermediate German
Languages

Auftakt: intermediate German

...of the German Reunification Living in Leipzig Living in Leipzig Going on holiday Going on holiday Wine from Styria Wine from Styria Hiking Going hiking The Leipzig boys’ choir The Leipzig boys’ choir German weddings German weddings Carnival in Germany Carnival in Germany German Bier German Bier The Euro Info Centre Graz The Euro Info Centre Graz Hand bikes Hand bikes...
View video Auftakt: intermediate German
Video 55 mins
Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...Children' we saw Fay and Micky, who have long-standing substance misuse problems seriously affecting their ability to parent effectively, go into a family residential treatment unit with their young son. There are a range of challenges and dilemmas for both social workers and other professionals when working with families where there is problematic substance misuse...
View video Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Video 10 mins
What is socialisation? The one minute guide
Education & Development

What is socialisation? The one minute guide

...children come to be able to function as members of their community'] Basically, socialisation is a general term for the many different ways and processes by which children come to be able to function as members of their social community. It is in part a process of learning and in part a process of being taught, but modern views of socialisation also stress the active role...
View article What is socialisation? The one minute guide
Article 1 min