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Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...feedback. Rather than one necessarily being better than the other, it is important to highlight that both play a crucial role in helping us make better decisions. As part of this, practitioners in all fields have started to make better use of evidence and evidence-based approaches to support their decisions. The logic of evidence-based practice in all professional fields...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...class to me through what you are wearing – and very possibly give me important information (or misinformation) as to your occupation, origin, personality, opinions, tastes, sexual desires and current mood. I may not be able to put what I observe into words, but I register the information unconsciously; and you simultaneously do the same for me. By the time we meet and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...class sizes and what they are taught there, are all outcomes of political processes. For example, some politicians call for a stronger focus on traditional values and national history, while others advocate the inclusion of social diversity in school curriculums. Thus, as someone aptly points out in the video you will watch in the next section, politics is with us ‘from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...de corps or some sense of relational intimacy. You don't know them as individuals, but there, there is definitely a sense of a shared identity. So in that sense, I think you can talk about a change in how you conceptualise yourself. ...The social nature of being human: 2 Groups and politics - [Described image] Figure 3 (Not) on his own In this course, you will examine...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...de Haan and Loader, 2002; Karstedt et al., 2011; Drake & Harvey, 2014). Crime, harm and victimisation are all issues that can draw out painful or angry responses, and sometimes these responses are amplified through the media and the stories that you hear about crime. These passions will help to stimulate your criminological imagination, but they can also, sometimes, get...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...classed as reliable. [Described image] Figure 5 Scale of reliability Other jurisdictions, such as the USA, have taken a hard line on the question of reliability. For example, the US case of Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Footnote 5 established that the trial judge exercises a ‘gatekeeping’ function to ensure that the purported area of expertise rests on...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...class. Session 2 This session discusses wartime propaganda in Britain, Germany and the USA. We explain how the term can be defined in the classroom, before discussing the broad purposes and functions of propaganda in wartime. This session emphasises developing and practising primary source skills using visual sources. Our worked examples from three countries demonstrate...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...de facto because it's so important with everything that happens to do with the climate. TS: Absolutely, but I would not call myself an expert on this. RH: There are a lot of people, you probably don't come across many of them, but there are still a lot of people in the world particularly in the USA, some in the UK, who think that climate change is all natural. How are you...
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