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What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?
Science, Maths & Technology

What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?

...system and is a leftover from our planetary formation process. As the comet gets closer to the Sun and becomes heated, the ice can turn straight to gas carrying dust particles out into space. The gas and dust create impressive tails that can reach up to millions of kilometres in length. [Comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise) photographed during July 2020 in the northern sky]Figure 2...
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Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...system as the accumulation of drugs (due to slow kidney and liver function – due to dehydration and no exercise) leads to harmful drugs interactions. This negatively influences our muscle function and neural system functions and is toxic. It further increases our sedation, we feel weaker, dizzier, wobblier and have more violent mood swings, headaches, drowsiness and...
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...system introduced 1971 Vouchers abolished; work permit system introduced 1985 Four-year permit-free training scheme introduced 1997 Nature of training available to non-EU migrants altered. Training typically takes five years, but all training posts had shorter stay periods 2006 Non-EU migration virtually closed Immigration and EU workers key dates Year What happened?...
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Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...system and how psychologists research vision understand the role of theory of mind in researching child development...Making sense of ourselves: 1 Why don’t we like one another? - In this section you will be introduced to the psychology of prejudice, through which psychologists have addressed the everyday question of why we don’t like one another. Prejudice can be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...System. These include ‘hot Jupiters’ orbiting very close to their parent star and rocky ‘super Earths’ many times larger than our home planet. In this free course, The formation of exoplanets, you will learn about the challenges connected with efforts to reconcile the observed exoplanet population with current theories on how planets form. The two main theories...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...system a bit away from fossil fuels, towards lower carbon forms of energy. RH: Well the public sector has made solar vastly cheaper, hasn’t it, that extraordinary and some people thought at the time, Quixotic ambition from the Germans for a million solar roofs in cloudy Northern Europe, but that unleashed a huge amount of private investment into R&D and then stimulated...
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Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...systems that we construct to make organisations function. Often, we distinguish between macro organisational behaviour, the study of organisations in their wider social, political, and economic contexts, and micro organisational behaviour, the study of individuals' behaviour in the context of organisations they are members of and the wider context of their membership in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...systemic barriers that still hinder equity. Through this lens, it calls for deeper investment, reform, and a dismantling of colonial legacies in men’s football. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar seemingly one powerful narrative was emerging, Africa’s assertion of Black African coaching excellence which could hopefully lead to global conversations about representation,...
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