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Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...concept developed by the influential French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron in the second half of the twentieth century (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1977). In their theory, cultural capital refers to the non-financial assets that people hold (such as education, skills, etiquette, knowledge/appreciation of the arts, particular manners of speaking and...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...prompt an immediate improvement in mood, and in cognitive abilities. But, Benedetti adds, there’s a catch: once you go to sleep and catch up on those missed hours of sleep, you’ll have a 95 per cent chance of relapse. The antidepressant effect of sleep deprivation was first published in a report in Germany in 1959. This captured the imagination of a young researcher...
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Article 15 mins
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...concept of identity. Bowie’s exploration of feelings of estrangement and his embodiment of alien creatures from the outer cosmos speak to all of us who, for many different reasons, may experience feelings of difference and dislocation. As a child of immigrants and as someone who grew up and lived in many different countries with different cultures, at times I have felt...
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Article 5 mins
Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...concept of focalisation: what does the author dwell on in his or her narrative and what does he or she leave out? The next step is to compare the features of the text with other literary sources: how are the author’s language, subject matter and emphases distinct? To what extent is the work typical or atypical of its genre? Lastly: does the author have an identifiable...
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Article 5 mins
Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...concepts. Yes, our education system must teach science, technology, engineering and mathematics to students. Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity protection, which means that we must remain skeptical and security-minded whenever we’re online. Courses in the humanities, history and rhetoric assist in developing the critical thinking skills and inquisitive minds...
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Article 5 mins
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...concepts of journalism. All attention, driven by Fox, had been on so-called Benghazi and email scandals, blown up out of proportion, conveniently ruling out a clear focus on the major policy issues confronting the US. Most Americans would have been unable to name any Democratic candidates other than Hillary Clinton and possibly Bernie Sanders, whereas they would have been...
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Article 5 mins
David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...concept was all about the planet and humans and the planet, so it’s completely steeped in its original concept and it doesn’t matter how much you throw out there the idea. Extending television programmes through new media I think every big project has an outreach programme now with it and the investment in that and the reach it actually has I think is incredibly...
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Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...concepts help us organise and think about particular examples of a phenomenon. Concepts can be combined together to generate theories which are general frameworks for providing explanations of phenomena. [Figure 1.1] But how do we begin to examine and evaluate the quality of those concepts, theories and explanations? From a discussion of this question it follows that:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs