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Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...learn how to recognise and produce a good research question...This free course, taken from the MA in International Relations (Part 2), explores why research questions matter and what makes a good research question. Research questions are vital for any academic inquiry, yet writing a good one is not easy. A well-designed question enables you to clearly define and...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...learned that none of the four drugs she was taking had been well-studied in humans, though animal studies had raised some concerns. Like many women with chronic illnesses, she found herself facing an agonising decision. On the one hand, Heidi feared what the pharmacopoeia might do to her developing daughter. “It was a lot of medication to be taking, and it’s a risky...
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Article 15 mins
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...learning about maths, you need to understand how numbers work – both whole numbers and decimals. Every number that we see around us is made up of a series of digits, such as 1302 (one thousand, three hundred and two). The value that each digit has depends not only on what that digit is, but also on its place, or position, in a number. This allows you to represent any...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe and analyse interventions by practitioners working with young people describe the key responsibilities of practitioners working with young people...Working with young people: roles and responsibilities: 1.1 Preamble - ‘Role’ is a word we use all the time, for example ‘my role is to do...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is climate psychology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is climate psychology?

...learning to treat its natural riches as resources to be exploited for human comfort and wealth. Climate psychology includes an understanding of this history and the challenges involved in reshaping human individuals so as to live differently, within planetary boundaries, in a new historical period defined by the ending of fossil fuel Modernity (Hollway, Hoggett, Robertson...
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Article 5 mins
What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...while the UK is looking eastwards, China is looking to the west – and turning to British-style education because Chinese parents find it more creative. Part 2, to be posted after Episode 3 of the series is shown, looks in detail at the results of the tests which were taken by Year 9 at Bohunt School to see if more can be learned than who ‘won’ and who ‘lost’....
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Article 10 mins
How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
Science, Maths & Technology

How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?

...learn from them. In a one-off referendum they have no previous experience on which to draw — and there is certainly no guarantee that what has worked in a general election will prove effective in what is a very different kind of contest. [Nigel Farage] On Thursday, Nigel Farage appeared to concede defeat based on poll numbers... Meanwhile the subject matter of this...
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Article 5 mins
What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development
Society, Politics & Law

What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development

...and development experts we should perhaps learn the lesson of our era and stop making predictions, however, one thing seems to be pretty clear: human rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and cosmopolitan principles of justice and development will enter a long period of relativism and doubt that could eventually negate them as justifications for policy and practice....
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Article 15 mins