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Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate
Languages

Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate

...adapted for any number of political ruptures and upsets in the future. (Most recently it’s been used for speculation that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson may soon resign, resulting in a Rexit.) Certainly, Brexit has already spawned dozens of other, related blends. And again, the connotations these produce, based on their structure, have proved to be an influential part...
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Article 5 mins
Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...adapted extracts from the Open University course M347 Mathematical statistics. If you are interested in pure mathematics, you might like to try the free OpenLearn courses Number theory, Group theory, Rings and polynomials and Metric spaces and continuity. If you are interested in applied mathematics, you might like to try the free OpenLearn courses Linear programming –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of mindfulness and five common myths surrounding it

...adaptive when the danger was ‘purely physical’, back in the times of the ‘cave man’. But nowadays, for those in high income countries, our lives are physically much safer and the ‘threats’ we experience are more commonly psychological issues related to factors including loss, shame and embarrassment. This means that our species’ old strategies of...
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Article 10 mins
Group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Group theory

...adapted extracts from the Open University course M303 Further pure mathematics. If you are interested in applied mathematics, you might like to study the free OpenLearn courses Introduction to the calculus of variations, Linear programming – the basic ideas and Kinematics of fluids. If you are interested in statistics, you might like to study the free OpenLearn courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...adaptive, functioning to support empathic skills or buffer against a lack of real-world social contact has generated research and public interest over the past decade or so. In 2013, a series of experiments by researchers Daniel Comer Kidd and Emmanuel Castano (2013) were published in the influential Science journal, generating headlines such as ‘Reading Fiction Makes...
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Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...adapted from Goleman and Boyatzis, 2008) Conclusion Socially intelligent leaders don’t only value inclusion, they build capacity within their teams to embrace and enact it. Such leaders often recognise that every decision – whether it’s about resource allocation, curriculum design, or classroom practices – can either reinforce barriers to learning and...
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Supporting women musicians in the workplace
History & The Arts

Supporting women musicians in the workplace

...adapting your workplace culture to become more flexible and inclusive, adopting new policies, or putting staff networks in place. In this article, you will first consider how setting up a mentoring or shadowing scheme can help to support women’s career development. You will then consider how you can better support parents and careers and those going through menopause...
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Introduction to number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to number theory

...adapted extract from the Open University module M140 Introducing statistics...Introduction to number theory: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs