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An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...physical or online bookshop reveals a vast array of fictional crime titles and authors, from Agatha Christie to Robert Galbraith to Jonathan Kellerman. In many bookshops you will also find a whole section dedicated to ‘true crime’ and books which claim to explore the ‘mind of the criminal’ or recount gruesome biographies of serial killers. If you google ‘crime...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...physical trace of an actual event. However, as with all documentary evidence, their meaning is not fixed. Other examples of documents used by the social sciences can demonstrate this point. Documentary evidence can come from official records such as a marriage certificate, a census return, or a medical certificate. Such records may be ‘aggregated’ (added together) to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...physical, emotional and social skills and so we might wonder how technology can support people in this – this is an important question to keep asking ourselves as we increasingly adopt technology in the home care environment. In the following activity, you will read a news article on how technology can change and improve social care. Activity 1 Weighing up the news The...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...physically what you say and how you say it how you deal with difficulties in the interview. Let’s take a closer look at each of these in the next three sections...Week 7: Presenting your ‘best’ self at interview: 7.1 Physical impression - [Photo of a scruffy-looking dog.] Figure 12 What first impression will you give? As you know from Section 2, first impressions...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...physical properties. Next you will learn about yeast, the fungal microorganism that is used to convert carbohydrates, such as sugars and starches, into carbon dioxide and ethanol through the fermentation reaction. You will look at a homebrew kit and you can take part in an optional home experiment that will run alongside this course. Furthermore, you will learn about the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Languages

Describing language

...physical senses, such as a tree, a clock, the Sphynx, or a motorbike. There is a clear contrast, for example, between a living, breathing person like a nurse, and a big idea like humanity. Or a big piece of engineering like a train, and a concept like mobility. Both humanity and mobility refer to more abstract concepts, and as such, they are abstract nouns. Whereas the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...physical contact with another yeast cell. First, it has to ‘call’ to yeast cells of the opposite mating type. It does this by secreting a ‘mating factor’ peptide, an extracellular signal, which can also be called an ‘intercellular signal’. Yeast mating factor binds to specific cell surface receptors on cells of the opposite mating type, and the signal is...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...physical process, for which the Q10 is about 1.2–1.4 in the range 0–10° C, but, like other active, enzymatic mechanisms, the Q10 of ATP-producing pathways is 2–3. So as the temperature falls, extrusion cannot keep up with inflow, ions accumulate in the cells, and the membrane potential falls, with disastrous effects in neurons, muscle, kidney and many other kinds...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs