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Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...class, cohort or generation?’, Ageing & Society, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 369–382. Gilleard, C. and Higgs, P. (2010) ‘Aging without agency: theorizing the fourth age’, Aging and Mental Health, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 121–8. Grenier, A. (2012) Transitions and the Lifecourse: Challenging the Constructions of ‘Growing Old’, Bristol, Policy Press. Jones, R. L. (2006)...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...de Venezuela in Flickr. https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/ Figure 1.2: left to right: Jorge Láscar in flickr.com. https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/; Unsplash: from www.pixabay.com. https://creativecommons.org/ publicdomain/ zero/ 1.0/ deed.en, Image: courtesy Liam Gumley, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...feedback which you can incorporate into your next session. Activity 8 OU practice site Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Go to the following Open University website and look at the two sections entitled ‘Review’ and ‘Letters’. The second of these provides an interactive tool for checking and reinforcing your study of the alphabet. Aim for a session of about 20...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol
Society, Politics & Law

Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol

...De Mae Cyngor Gweinidogol y Gogledd/De, sy’n cynnwys gweinidogion o Weithrediaeth Gogledd Iwerddon a Llywodraeth Iwerddon, yn cydweithredu ar bolisi sy’n ymwneud â 12 maes o ddiddordeb cyffredin. Mae’r ddwy ochr yn cytuno ar chwech o’r meysydd hyn, ond cânt eu gweithredu ar wahân ym mhob awdurdodaeth. Mae’r chwech arall yn cael eu cytuno gyda’i gilydd ond...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...de-emphasizing their individual sufferings and deaths’ (Dunayer, 2004, p. xii). The disciplining of nonhuman bodies in the AIC is resisted in the ways in which ‘livestock’ express their distress at confinement, pain and overcrowding, or the ways in which fishes attempt to evade or escape capture (Wadiwel, 2015). Some of the harms documented in Section 2.1 are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...class. James dropped from the top of his class to the bottom. Their middle child developed behavioural issues. CLARE JENNINGS I think in the last couple of years, we've seen more families who have experienced street homelessness, where the local authority have concluded that the children aren't in need because they don't think the parents are credible. It's moved so far...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...classed as non-conventional: deep-water oil, polar oil and natural gas liquids. Oil sands [Described image] Figure 10 An aerial view of oil-sand mining at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada showing the huge scale of the extraction process. Oil sands (also known as tar sands) are formed when oil flows into near-surface sands from deeper underground reservoirs. Exposure of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...class, culture or income, but such discrimination does exist. You may have heard comments such as ‘they’re a problem family’ or ‘another one from the local council estate’ or ‘they are part of the ‘underclass’. Such terms and language are discriminatory in nature because they are generalist and derogatory, and social workers should challenge the use of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs