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Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...article for the BSA (British Sociological Society) online magazine, Discover Society. The ‘confusion’ it highlights invites social scientific investigation, because social science has historically been preoccupied with humans, but not other animals. This course explores how that humanocentrism is challenged by the recent social science ‘animal turn’ (Peggs, 2012;...
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...et al. (2008, p.5) define mental health and wellness as the absence of mental illness, such as depression, and the ability to cope with daily challenges in a positive, optimistic and constructive manner. Using this definition there are potentially two ways in which exercise can benefit mental health. First, exercise can prevent or reduce the extent of mental illnesses...
Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...et al., 1980). The law, as it stood then, would see the crime not the child. In this section you’ll explore the limits of that vision and how it has been changed. Activity 3 Criminal responsibility Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes for this activity To find out a bit more about the legal background to the age of criminal responsibility, read this article on the...
The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016

...what they believe in their hearts.” A global audience will hear all the stories of the refugee Olympic team this summer. And in doing so, a billion souls will get to watch the nationless compete as equals, as the Olympics lives up to one more aspect of its optimistic charter. This article was originally published by Yes! magazine under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence Transcript...
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...article...Find out more about The Open University’s Social work qualifications. Transcript Child criminal exploitation takes a variety of forms and there is confusion about what it encompasses – for instance, does it include children as well as young people? In short, it does, because in law children are defined as all those under 18 years of age. The concern about...
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...Articles. States that have ratified the ECHR must provide a minimum level of protection of the rights contained in the ECHR. Individuals who consider that a state has breached its obligations (and who have exhausted all possible remedies within the court system of that state) can seek redress before the European Court of Human Rights. The UK played a key role in drafting...
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...et al., 2011). They found clear similarities in the domestic play of all the children – for example, in the use of natural materials and everyday items (pots, pans, wraps, bags, buggies and dolls) in their games. The children also often used one object to symbolise something else in their play, like Selin in Turkey whose cooking pot became a hat, much to the amusement...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...article described it thus: “Intervention” describes a deliberate involvement in a process or system intended to influence events and/or consequences. The term may refer to single activities but often refers to sets of activities organized within a project, program, or instrument. We use the term “development intervention” or simply “intervention” to refer to...