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Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...researching global harms and global perpetrators identify the central features and contributions of a Green Criminology...Criminology beyond crime: Within and beyond criminology - In 1983, the Australian criminologist Richard Harding asked ‘what do criminology and criminologists do to decrease the chances of the extinction of mankind and the destruction of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh
History & The Arts

Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh

...children’s literature expert Peter Hunt notes, they are “part of British culture, passing from generation to generation”. One element of the incredible success of the Pooh books is that they reflect ideas about childhood that emerged in what is widely known as the “golden age” of children’s literature, spanning from the mid-19th century to World War I. The...
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How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility
Society, Politics & Law

How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility

...children may be an obstacle to migrant women accessing the labour market and building economic capital. Nonetheless, over time, through the life course, some migrants may be able to build networks around their children’s school which may foster greater knowledge and understanding of the destination society. These interactions can help them enhance their employment...
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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...Children interacting: a sociocultural linguistic approach to language and learning...Understanding language and learning: 3 Language and learning as cognitive or social processes - The well-known US theoretical linguist Noam Chomsky is one linguist who has been more concerned with the cognitive than the social processes of language and learning. He has argued throughout...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Long Table
Society, Politics & Law

The Long Table

...interests. It was initiated by artists and cultural organisations and encourages people to participate through special events. The Long Table is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with anti-discrimination, equality and social justice, education, research, knowledge production and information access. It began in 2013 and is ongoing....
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Article 5 mins
Open Corporates
Society, Politics & Law

Open Corporates

...monitor and regulate them. It was initiated by non-governmental organisation/charity and encourages people to participate through an online platform. Open Corporates is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with research, knowledge production and information access, participation and democracy, politics and representation. It is ongoing....
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How might a hard or soft Brexit affect the UK?
Society, Politics & Law

How might a hard or soft Brexit affect the UK?

...Stihler MEP, Alex Neil MSP and Mark Diffley, social researcher, analyse the importance of the type of deal the United Kingdom receives after Brexit, following the decision to leave the European Union in 2016. Understanding Brexit Copyright information: Image: 'Shipping Grid' by Reid Beels under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Image: 'UK Border Force' by Max Speed under CC BY-ND 2.0...
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Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...centres on an organisation’s resources, not its goods and services. Thus RBV research and theorising seeks to analyse the relationship between organisations and innovation by focusing on the resources and capabilities organisations possess and questions whether it is the level of resources or the deployment of such resources that leads to differences in firm performance...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs