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An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...analysis of the political and economic structures of a given society. It might be said that everyone has a kind of ‘criminological imagination’. That is, whenever a crime story or other shocking or harmful event is featured in the news, people often immediately begin to imagine the circumstances that may have led to the event, how the victims and their families may...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...analysis of what requires doing. Distributed leadership is where people are encouraged to show leadership for tasks that they perceive as needing attention, as a result of bottom-up analysis (Woods et al., 2004). Activity 3 Timing: Allow approximately 1 hour The video below introduces the North Bedfordshire Federation of Schools case study, which illustrates many of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...data to analysis, it would embrace in a single formula the movement of the greatest bodies of the universe and those of the tiniest atom; for such an intellect nothing would be uncertain and the future just like the past would be present before its eyes. (Laplace, 1814, p.4) Laplace’s all-comprehending intelligence is now famously known as ‘Laplace’s demon’. It is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...data didn’t prove terribly useful, partly because complex behaviours don’t tend to be controlled by individual brain areas. Now the emphasis has shifted to understanding how different areas interact. Neuroscientists have learned that when we consider a potential purchase, for example, a network of areas that includes the prefrontal cortex and insula helps us decide...
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Article 10 mins
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...data from CT scans, physical measurements and documentary sources they explored the brain development of a group of neglected children. As an example of what can happen in an extreme case of sensory deprivation, Perry and Pollard published the startling images shown below. [Figure 1] Figure 1 An example of the effect of sensory deprivation on the brain These images...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...data reported to establish unambiguously the structures of the new compounds. In reading this paper you should not attempt to commit to memory the details of the syntheses described, nor should you let yourself become bogged down by some of the pharmacological terms. Instead, concentrate mainly on the chemistry. Note that norepinephrine is just the alternative name for...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...data interchange (EDI) and the use of intranets are symptoms of this development in practice, as traditional distribution intermediaries are complemented, and in some cases replaced, by a new breed of ‘infomediaries’ connecting marketers to customers. Push and pull strategies are not mutually exclusive. For example, an advertising campaign directed solely at the end...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...analysis, production...Assessing risk in engineering, work and life: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand what is meant by risk carry out a basic risk assessment understand how accidents can be caused use probability to assess risk and minimise the occurrence of undesirable outcomes...Assessing risk in engineering, work and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs