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Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...simple question. For example, you may get married between the ages of 16 and 17 if you secure parental consent in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, otherwise you must be 18. In Scotland you can marry with or without parental consent from 16. In response to the question about the age a child can be left on their own, the law actually has nothing to say. However, parents...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...simple ladder! In Figure 6, the ground state of energy is labelled E1. As you move up the energy levels, they bunch closer together. The electrons can transition, or move, between each energy level. Indeed, there are numerous permutations. [An image of the energy levels of a hydrogen atom.] Figure 6 Energy levels of a hydrogen atom. You can see that the energy units of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...simple. And so it can be summed up, I think, by the equation A plus B equals C. I’m A. You’re B. And C is the reason why you want to murder me. ANDREW MARR I am meeting crime writers to talk about pioneers like Agatha Christie, geniuses who figured out how to keep us compulsively turning the pages-- SPEAKER 2 She was almost like a sort of philosopher of the crime...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...simple economic model in that it abstracts from the many things going on in a market to focus on only two: the quantity demanded of the good and its price. Look at Figure 3, and notice that the vertical and horizontal axes are ‘anchored’ at the zero point, called the origin. As with all such diagrams, movements up the vertical axis, and along the horizontal axis to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...simple answers to these questions. However, the factors influencing entrepreneurial activity are really rather complex and the subject of continuing debate. As you begin to take a more detailed look at the evidence and arguments you may find it useful to relate them to your own experience. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course BB846...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...simple answer is that strongly social animals normally have no choice. They may be beaten in a fight by a stronger animal or an alliance of animals. But they may be better off remaining in the group because life alone, outside the group, may be even more stressful and dangerous than life as a subordinate. Being in such situations can be very stressful for animals,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...simple calculations on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and running costs and understand the possible limitations to their deployment describe the key differences between petrol and diesel engines describe the low-carbon fuels and vehicle technologies available to reduce emissions...Transport and Sustainability: 1 The transport energy challenge - Activity 1 Timing: 10...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...simple nor straightforward. [Figure 1] (From One Day We Had To Run – written by Sybella Wilkes and published by Evans Brothers Limited. Copyright © Sybella Wilkes 1994. All rights reserved. This image may not be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission of Evans Brothers Limited.) Figure 1 Crossing the River Gillo by Mac...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs