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Postgraduate study in psychology and criminology

...students are asked to choose between three further modules to continue their studies. DD802 Investigating forensic psychology This module follows several criminal cases to explore forensic psychology and its application to understanding, preventing and detecting crime. Topics include investigative decision making, witness memory, profiling, lie detection, terrorism,...

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...how minds work differently and brilliantly Social Work – personal and professional development for social work practitioners and students In addition, there are also two key collections that are at the very heart of OpenLearn – our Work Skills and Study Skills Hubs. Enhance your skills and career prospects, boost your confidence and set yourself up for success....

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Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin's world-wide web

...it has vastly expanded, hoping to draw in a wide range of audiences, both young and old. Darwin the collaborator The letters show that Darwin was a very generous correspondent, and in particular how positive he was to women scientists. Darwin the mentor and family man Darwin was very open minded and supportive, both of students whom he didn't know and of his own children....

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Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma

...Teacher’s debate both the positive and negative impact games can have on the lives of their students and Dr Kieron Sheehy outlines some of the beneficial uses of gaming. Discussion In this final track we hear a discussion about some of issues raised in the previous tracks, such as whether games are addictive; if they provoke violence; and what exactly a ‘geek’ is....

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Nature & Environment

Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network

...become “vanishingly small”, but the chances of exceeding 7°C will increase and could become more likely than not within the next century. The authors see very little chance that global sea level rise will slow down, and every chance that it will accelerate. The only question is by how much. “While an increase of somewhere between 40cm and 1m looks likely this...

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History & The Arts

What makes near-future Sci-Fi especially scary?

...become increasingly indistinguishable from humans, the series explore notions of what it is to be human: societally, culturally, and psychologically. The second series was particularly concerned with the rights associated with being able to think and feel – and the right to a fair trial. Odi, an outdated NHS caregiving Syth who features in both seasons, chooses a form...

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Languages

Welcome to nowhere special

...become bilingual and largely follows the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. Article 14 stipulates that “The inscription of words on informative signs […] in countries not using the Latin alphabet shall be both in the national language and in the form of a transliteration into the Latin alphabet reproducing as closely as possible the pronunciation in the...

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Health, Sports & Psychology

Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?

...becoming a normal feature of the cultural calendar. In fact, research shows that over three-quarters of people in the UK have heard of Veganuary. But its rapid expansion may be surprising. The brainchild of its founders Jane Land and Matthew Glover, Veganuary began with just 3,300 sign-ups in 2014. Since then, it’s mushroomed (no pun intended!) to 1.8 million people...

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