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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...class lines. One mother of four objected strongly to what she described as Playboy 'grooming' girls for sex work, but not – it transpired during the course of discussion - to her son's poster of Jordan, since Katie Price was 'doing it for herself', rather than exploiting others, and was, like her, a single mother with kids to support. She, and some other working-class...
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Article 10 mins
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...de empezar el recorrido que te llevará a conocer lugares y personas de Hispanoamérica es conveniente hacer un breve repaso geográfico, léxico y gramatical. En estas actividades de introducción verás también algunos consejos y sugerencias de lectura. Actividad 1 Timing: 10 minutos Aquí tienes tu primer accesorio, el mapa con el itinerario de viaje. Relaciona los...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
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Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...están los limones? —Los limones a uno veinte el kilo. —¿Cuánto vale el kilo de patatas? —Setenta céntimos. —¿A cuánto está el kilo de tomates? —A uno setenta. —¿Y cuánto cuesta esta lechuga? —La lechuga noventa céntimos. Pero ¿compra o no compra? Fruit and vegetables Ejemplo [A vegetable stall] Figure 1 Answer plátanos – uno cincuenta el kilo (€1,50)limones – uno veinte el kilo (€1,20) patatas – setenta ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...class And amidst these arguments over integrated education in Northern Ireland, let us not forget the other great elephant in the room; class. Northern Ireland still has the 11 plus, academic selection for entrance to post-primary education, and on the whole pupils from more affluent socio-economic backgrounds go on to grammar schools, and those from less privileged...
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Article 15 mins
Drugs and the law: Legal highs
Society, Politics & Law

Drugs and the law: Legal highs

...class A drugs are the most harmful. For example, heroin and cocaine are class A drugs and cannabis a class B. The penalties for possession vary depending on the classification. Despite criminalisation drug use remains significant. The 2013 Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 8.2 per cent of adults between the ages of 16 and 59 took an illicit drug in the last...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...class readership and, simultaneously, in translation, with other European readers’ stereotypes of British life. The increase in television ownership during the 1950s and 1960s provided a new medium for European crime fiction. Leading the way was Simenon’s Maigret, many of whose cases were adapted for the small screen in the UK, Italy and the Netherlands. In West...
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Article 5 mins
Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village
Society, Politics & Law

Great Ancoats Street, Manchester: cottonopolis to urban village

...class housing in Great Ancoats Street as ‘ruinous’ rows of ‘back-to-backs’ amongst the towering mill buildings. In the 20th century, industry declined and housing deteriorated further into slums amongst the derelict factories. But 21st century Great Ancoats Street is rising again above the rubble, with many of the great mills converted into apartments and offices....
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Activity 15 mins
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...variables) and purposefulness describe four perspectives on systems thinking in terms of situations of use and users of systems approaches...Part 1: Understanding concepts of STiP: 1 Systems thinking in practice: bells that still can ring - Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in (Cohen,...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs