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Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...simple issue to debate at any given time, and they are routinely faced with limited resources. In effect, decision makers have to prioritise. Scientists therefore need to communicate their science clearly and within the context of ‘real-world’ challenges. At times this may require them not to communicate, i.e. to be selective about which scientific evidence is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...simple questions. There are many contexts in our daily lives when we could answer them well enough. We speak common languages with people around us (and often with the same accent). Many of us live in neighbourhoods and recognise ‘neighbours’ as a distinctive group to which we belong. If we pray regularly in a mosque or church then we might identify ourselves with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...Code. It is approximately 13 minutes long. Narrator: It’s important to know international humanitarian law, but it’s even more important to obey it and make sure that others obey it as well. In fact, this is a matter of life and death. People have been waging war since time immemorial. When an armed conflict breaks out, the law of the jungle is paramount, and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...codes with her device? What does the tone of Knox’s list convey, and what does this tell us about detective fiction and its readers? Do such ‘rules’ alone tell us anything about history and context? Or do they simply relate to formal expectations of the genre? How many of these rules might still usefully apply today? Discussion One possible answer to Question 3: The...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...codes or codes of expected public conduct. Only some norm violations are made into crimes, however. For example, graffiti is a crime when it appears without permission on public property. It is not a crime, however, if someone were to decorate the outside of their own home with graffiti-style images (although this may be contested by their neighbours, especially if it led...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What was Lewis Carroll like?
History & The Arts

What was Lewis Carroll like?

...simple and open that there was no room in them for self-consciousness, and I have often heard him jest at his own misfortune, with a comic wonder at it. The personal characteristic that you would notice most on meeting Lewis Carroll was his extreme shyness. With children, of course, he was not nearly so reserved, but in the society of people of maturer age he was almost...
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Article 10 mins
Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...simple solution – RH: No, but you don’t disagree with that scenario that I’ve just painted, that we will overshoot and we will have to suck CO2 - BVB: The risk of overshoot is... Yeah, absolutely, I think that is the way it is looking at the moment. Now these scenarios are not a point that we are advocating for, this is what we thought when we created these...
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Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...simple two-up, two-down cob building. And in 1857 it was passed on to Thomas Hardy's father. And a separate cottage was built next door for his grandmother Mary. That was up for about 20 years as two individual cottages until 1857 when it was knocked through when she passed away and made into the one cottage that we have today. [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR Hardy's father was...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs