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Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...write this piece. But what do you think is really most distinctive about the idea of global development compared to other understandings of development? RORY HORNER I think fundamentally we’re talking about a change in the geography of development. So we often think of development issues just in relation to – and we have different terms, we have third world,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...writes that obesity is usually treated as the responsibility of individuals or families, and is not viewed as a social problem in the same way as, for example, low-educational achievement. As a result the solutions provided are pitched at the individual or family level. 3. In terms of children, which borough in London is England’s ‘most obese council’? Comment In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...write down your responses on a sheet of paper that you can refer to later in this course.) Putting yourself in the role of the community police officer, what would you want to get out of the situation? How would you ‘diagnose’ the behaviour of the community member towards you? What behaviours do you think they are displaying towards you? What do you think might be the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...write a brief summary of your thoughts on how the interview was conducted. As a way of structuring this you may want to focus the points you make on the following questions: How does DS Sund behave towards the interviewee? What do you think of Neale’s behaviour towards DS Sund?...Week 1: Introduction to the case: 3.4 Observations about DS Sund and the witness - [A...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...Writing Service. Available at http://www.chuckthewriter.com/vdisc.html (Accessed 12 August 2014). Picker, M. (ed.) (1965) The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria. MSS 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, University of California Press. Picker, M. (1999), ‘Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale MS 228’, in Kellman,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...writing (2011), Influenza A (H5N1) and influenza B (unknown lineage) are the two main types globally. FluNet also breaks this information down into geographic areas and countries so, if you wish, you can see what subtypes are circulating where you live. Typically a flu vaccine contains material from the main influenza A strains and an influenza B strain, so that an immune...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...writes that: ‘it appears that our only choices are to abide by the arbitrary verdicts of history or war, or to appeal on an ad hoc basis to other principles, none of which commands general respect’ (Whelan, 1983, p. 16). Nevertheless, vigorous debate continues. Let's map some of the approaches theorists have taken. Consider a country we can call ‘Y’, which...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...write down the dissolved substances it contains, with their concentrations (EU regulations require bottled waters to give this on their labels). b.Compare your list with the EU drinking water standards in Table 4. Does your bottled water exceed the EU guide values or maximum acceptable concentrations for any dissolved substance in drinking water? Answer Table 4b...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs