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Should we educate prisoners?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we educate prisoners?

...system. However, when it comes to Higher Education in prison, the approach is currently somewhat chaotic, which means that for many prisoners, access to Higher Education can be a lottery, depending on the particular prison that they find themselves in. For example, structural barriers such as the so-called ‘six-year rule’ has the effect of restricting and discouraging...
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Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Science, Maths & Technology

Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration

...System. Although conditions on other planets and bodies in space look inhospitable, ingredients that could host life might be present. If life exists in any of the worlds we hope to explore, conscientious mission teams cannot leave its protection to chance. We know life is found on Earth in the most extreme conditions and terrestrial hitch-hikers can survive space travel....
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The science behind why we drink alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science behind why we drink alcohol

...system between the brain and the pituitary and adrenal glands. But acute alcohol consumption can stimulate this, increasing the production of several stress hormones including corticosterone and corticotropin . But the “stress” response also interacts with the reward effects from the dopamine system, so it may very well feel good. 4. It helps me overcome my inhibition...
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Is America better than this?
Society, Politics & Law

Is America better than this?

...systemic racism, economic inequality, an under-resourced public education system and the intentional sabotage of bipartisan politics (mostly by the Republican Party), the United States is dangerously divided. As Abraham Lincoln warned in 1858, “a house divided cannot stand”. The election of Raphael Warnock will be interpreted as a beacon of hope, and maybe it is –...
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Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Education & Development

Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking

...systems continue to structure fashion cultures so that non-European fashion knowledges are excluded and erased from the classroom. Black feminist sociologist Patricia Hill Collins coined the term “the matrix of domination” in her classic book Black Feminist Thought to explain how systems of structural and historical oppression – class, race and gender, as well as...
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Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...system, gaining enough votes in most constituencies to win a regional seat. Context: The party describe themselves as having the deepest roots of any Welsh political party with liberalism in Wales stretching back to the 19th century. However, the Lib Dems appeared to be a diminishing force in Welsh politics, struggling with the fallout from the 2010 coalition with the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...system has evolved so as to avoid a serious potential problem. Unlike our eyes, our ears cannot be directed so as to avoid registering material that we wish to ignore; whatever sounds are present in the environment, we must inevitably be exposed to them. In a busy setting such as a party we are swamped by simultaneous sounds – people in different parts of the room all...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...system obeying a scientific law, we do not mean that the system has understood the law and is consciously following it. We just mean that the behaviour of the system follows a pattern that is predictable, and that someone has discovered and announced this pattern as a scientific law...The restless Universe: 2.2.1 Mechanics and determinism - It is probably fair to say that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs