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Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...types of behaviour and also questions the assumption that harms are limited to the actions of individuals. It encourages you to think more broadly about harm than the traditional focus on crime in both the academic subject of criminology and in culture more generally, which can obscure some of the most problematic and harmful aspects of contemporary societies. The course...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...phrase, modern people are like ‘stone-agers in the fast lane’. What are the implications of this for our well-being? Physically, it has been suggested that many of our chronic health problems, for example atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), diabetes, high blood pressure and the complications of smoking and alcohol abuse, result from the mismatch between the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...types and get brought back up to the surface again. RICHARD HOLLIMAN Okay. One of the things we’re kind of interested in is what you see are the key characteristics of being a successful scientist. CLARE WARREN Well obviously all scientists have enquiring minds. You know, they’re the types of people who ask loads of questions as a kid and get told off by their parents...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...phrase that became her motto. Living in New York in the 1960s was difficult, with the state of New York still persecuting gay people and frequently criminalising their activities and presence. The Stonewall Riots started on 28 June 1969 when police raided the bar in the early hours of the morning and started arresting mainly gay men. The LGBTQ community were fed up of...
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Article 20 mins
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...types of courts in Scotland which, between them, cover a wide range of legal disputes, from individuals accused of crimes, individuals and companies in debt, children at risk of harm, businesses involved in commercial disputes or individuals asserting their contractual rights. Which particular court hears a legal dispute is determined by a number of factors. These factors...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...types of information. The first is about the number of business schools who run certain types of course and changes in these course-types over a four-year period. The second is about how business schools perceive changes in proportions of their business income. The table includes the heading ‘Proportion of business represented by:’ followed by various row-heads such...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...typing this text on a computer while listening to some music, which is also stored on the computer. I’ll shortly email my document to a colleague, who will be able to read it a few seconds later. I can also share my document through an online file storage system. Being able to work from home has its advantages and disadvantages. I find it easier to concentrate when...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...phrase about the unknown knowns, so things that people do know about themselves, the information that is in there, but for some reason or other they haven't perhaps thought about it or processed it or looked at it in this way before. So it's about helping people gain clarity over what they already know about themselves and what they already know about the opportunities...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs