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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...article for the journal Critical Criminology entitled ‘Unmasking Crimes of the Powerful’. This is also the title of an edited book that you and Dave put together in which you and other scholars cover a wide range of themes related to researching crimes of the state and of corporations. I'd like to ask you what inspired your interest in this area of research. So how...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...et al. (2008), in their longitudinal study of student teacher’s reflections on their learning, found that responses could be categorised into five dimensions: What is particularly interesting about their research findings, is that student teachers themselves recognise the significance of their own responsibility as learners. These ideas are reflected in a number of...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...article from a technical journal – the sort that is read by academics and professionals working in a related technical field. It sets the scene for some of the technologies and issues that you will be encountering later in this course. We're not going to ask you to read the entire article, but we would like you to get an idea of the article's contents, the kind of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...et al., 2019, p. 634) Figure 3 Elements in the communications process The macro-model of communications illustrates that communications should be a circular process and not a linear one. In the next activity, you will apply this model to a hypothetical campaign. Activity 2 communications process model Timing: Allow around 10 minutes for this activity. For a hypothetical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...article and video explore this problem, suggesting some ways in which we can look at particular situations of violent conflict to reach a balanced view of the role of religion. Such thinking is important for our times if we are to avoid stereotyped generalisations such as ‘religion causes violence’ or defensive claims such as ‘my religion does not sanction...
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Video 5 mins
Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...articles, such as yoga and distancing, as well as more serious topics like abuse and trauma. https://www.browngirlmagazine.com/health/ Mind Mind provides advice and support to anyone experiencing a mental health problem, including face-to-face and online peer support. For peer support for specific BAME groups, contact your local Mind or search Mind’s peer support...
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Video 10 mins
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...article concerned, and, additionally, just to demonstrate that you’ve mastered the art of cut and paste on your computer. Writing in your own words – there’s a danger in the use of the word ‘change’ and we don’t wish people to sort of pick up a piece and deconstruct it. I’ve seen some extreme examples of plagiarism where students have carefully changed all...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...Article 8 of the Convention. (Donald et al., 2012)...Session 3: Human rights and immigration law: 5 UK immigration law, the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international treaties - Aside from the ECHR there are a number of other international instruments that are relevant to immigration law, including: 1951 Refugee Convention, discussed below Citizen’s Rights...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs