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Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...busy conducting a free vaccination clinic for children from families with low incomes. “Our children are from the slum area,” says teacher R G Sudha, as more than 400 kids aged 5 to 13 line up dutifully to receive their shots. “They play with cats and dogs, and they don’t know [about rabies]. So many children have been bitten.” Three doctors and two medical...
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The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...busy again and the year was shiny and new when Hart responded to the INC with a statement. It was dated January 2. In it, Hart stated that the complex and centuries-old socioeconomic divisions in the North of Ireland could not be healed overnight, nor could they be cured by force of arms, by violence, or by shortsighted neglect. Said Hart in his statement: “Admittedly,...
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Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...business as usual in which the interests of animals are not given anything like the weight that the interests of humans at comparable mental levels would be. Nigel: When you started writing about the suffering of animals, speciesism and so on, that was a very radical position to take. Things have evolved since then. There are many more people who go along with your...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...business of this peripheralisation that I mentioned is the remoteness but also the economy. The interesting thing is that having spent decades in production they now had to switch to a new mission which was clean up. But nonetheless it persisted and it survived in different political and economic circumstances. And so, Hanford has a claim on the American federal budget of...
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Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...business in Scotland. Further significant change will take place following the negotiations over the UK’s planned exit from the EU. It is too early to identify what the result of that change may be and whether Scotland, having voted to remain, will achieve a unique settlement which differs from other nations within the UK. After studying this week you should be able to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...business opportunity’). Ecopsychology rejects the hyper-separation of humans as exceptional and the value of nature being based on its usefulness to humans. Instead, it sees humans as embedded within, and dependent upon, our natural world...Week 1: The climate and ecological crisis and how we got here: 3.2 Consumerism - Especially since the 1950s, consumerism – the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Getting started with French 2
Languages

Getting started with French 2

...business and the workplace. We are also leading the way in developing short courses for academic research methods and pre-sessional English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...business owners contacting local councillors to complain about the repeated problems. The general message has been that ‘the situation seems to be getting worse and other areas don’t have these problems’. As a consequence, you have been invited to attend a forthcoming community meeting involving local councillors and business leaders who wish to discuss their views...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs