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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...managed to do something very clever. It conflated the alleged Bolshevism of Glasgow with its slums. The deviant slum image of the middle of the nineteenth century had been resuscitated, amplified, and was to have a long history. As the 1920s persisted the image of Glasgow became steadily worse. The new horror story was gang warfare. A combination of heavy policing and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...managing to do that and a huge credit to them. However, that whole idea that you just have to make healthy choices is dependent on all of those different assets and resources being in place. And, at the end of the day, it relies on us as consumers or children as consumers doing all of the heavy lifting. AMANDINE GARDE States have an obligation to ensure that children's...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Holder, A. M. B., Nadal, K. L. and Esquilin, M. (2007) ‘Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice’. American Psychologist, 62(4). https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.62.4.271 Williams, M. T. (2020) ‘How Microaggressions Are Harmful’. Managing Microaggressions, pp. 43–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/MED-PSYCH/9780190875237.003.0003...
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Article 5 mins
Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...managed to renew carbon consumed by using vegetable matter as an energy source, the natural balance of the carbon cycle can be sustained. About 6% of the total biomass that grows annually - containing about 7.5 × 1012 kg of carbon content - would meet all humanity's current demands for energy. However, such a perspective has nightmarish overtones because its production...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...managed, experienced and dismantled...Empires have existed throughout most of human history. They have spanned the globe. They have influenced the way we are governed, our systems of trade, how we use technology, our relationships with the natural world. They have shaped how we have seen, mapped and divided the world. They have profoundly affected how we have understood...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat...The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

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

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey. Once...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs