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8 June 20208 June 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Do we need a different kind of leader during uncertain times like a pandemic?

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20 April 202022 April 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Time Travel: The grandfather paradox and abilities

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16 April 202021 April 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Mirror-writing

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5 March 202016 December 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Book tips from our researchers

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17 February 202021 February 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

PhD question time

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14 February 202029 October 2021 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The highs and lows of living with Type 1 Diabetes

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7 February 202029 October 2021 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Multilingualism as a threat to native languages

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3 February 20203 February 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Time Travel 2: This time it’s serious

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24 January 202024 January 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Music and healthy ageing

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9 January 202020 December 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Linguistics Olympiad for schools

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2 January 202020 December 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

The Extended Mind exhibition

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26 December 201918 December 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Scientific challenges to free will

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19 December 201919 December 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

Board games can protect thinking skills in old age

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18 December 201929 October 2020 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

A Kantian approach to philosophy in schools

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13 December 201918 December 2019 School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences

What’s the point of writing essays?

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