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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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Article 10 mins
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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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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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
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...system of change; capitalism is incapable of remaining static (Schumpeter, 1934). He describes the ‘perennial gales’ of ‘creative destruction’ unleashed by innovation. In 1912 Schumpeter made an early characterisation of innovation as any of five phenomena: the introduction of a new good the introduction of a new method of production the opening of a new market...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...systems approach to environmental decision making...Many of the decisions we make have implications for our environment, particularly those concerning natural resources and waste. Taking account of environmental factors in decision making can be both complex and challenging. This free course, Introducing environmental decision making, considers decisions in their broader...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...system. Histology is also used extensively in biomedical research, to identify the causes and possible treatments for disease. This type of research may take place in a hospital laboratory but it is more often carried out in universities, research institutes and pharmaceutical companies. The conventional view of a histopathologist is someone looking down a microscope....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs