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An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...based advice or undertaking research. Link: Criminology at The Open University...An introduction to crime and criminology: 3.4 Being open to multiple perspectives on problems of crime - Earlier in the course it was pointed out that individuals and societies construct narratives about themselves and that narratives are a helpful means by which people describe and explain...
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...based on the extreme Sahara, where huge areas of sand dunes support little, if any, plant growth. Certain animals such as camels (Camelus spp.; Figure 3), Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas; Figure 4) and oryx (Figure 5) that survive there by browsing on the sparse plant life and drinking very little or no free water, are regarded as typical desert species. [Figure 2] Marion...
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...de Hooch very clearly demonstrate a belief in cleanliness being next to godliness because you've seen there's a picture in one painting - a woman sweeping the floor while another's feeding the baby and the shadow of a cross is silhouetted on the wonderful clean floor. But tell me about this association which is going here between cleanliness and godliness. Adam Kuper:...
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...based on whole organisms treated in some way to make them safe, or on complex mixtures of antigens taken from the infectious agent. In this section, we discuss the major production strategies for active vaccines, which conventionally contain one or a combination of: intact killed pathogens; live attenuated pathogens; subcellular fragments or molecules from the pathogen...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...based in Auckland, New Zealand. As you watch the videos explaining cultural practices in their context, you will note they use some terminology (Māori) that may be unfamiliar to you. Listed in Table 1 below are the ideas they include, along with their definition. Table 1 Māori terminology that informs practice with young children Māori terminology Meaning in English...
Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening
Society, Politics & Law

Beyond the Babble: A conversation about the art of listening

...based on a common thread, although individually listening to each story is also important. They create something quite different when they are interwoven. For example in Backyard -Reflections of Home and Belonging – each person has a story and on the website, you can hear them individually, but collectively as an audio piece, they give a more complete sense of four...
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...based on the axiom of non-conflict between the parties. Tragically, we did not have the luxury to make that assumption. Cristina Flesher Fominaya, University of Aberdeen - The dealings between Greece and the EU seemed more like a contest between democracy and the banks, than a negotiation between the EU and a member state. Given the outcome, are there any lessons that you...
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...based on attainment. Disadvantaged pupils will be offered free transport to these newly selective free schools. But critics will still claim grammar schools are socially divisive and are contrary to the prime minister’s goal of making “Britain the world’s great meritocracy”. To deliver the biggest reform of further education in 70 years, £500m a year from 2019...