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Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 2008/09 [Online], London, Ministry of Justice, Available at www.justice.gov.uk/ downloads/ statistics/ mojstats/ stats-race-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2008-09c1.pdf (accessed 12 February 2013) Ouseley, H. Sir (2001) Community Pride Not Prejudice: Making Diversity Work in Bradford, Bradford, Bradford Vision. Scarman,...
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Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...Statistics figures show 36 people died in 2019 from conditions such as anorexia, there are concerns this underestimates the true toll. A high-level US study gives estimated data on death rates that when transposed to the UK indicates that the annual death rate could be about 1,860 people a year. MPs from across the political spectrum are calling for better research and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...Statistics (ONS) covering the period 2006 to 2008 found that private household net wealth in Great Britain in 2006/08 had grown further to £9 trillion (ONS, 2009). Therefore, at the level of the country as a whole, the value of total household assets is substantially greater than the total amount of household liabilities, a fact which might be interpreted as meaning that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Statistics. Available at https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2015to2017 (Accessed 19 March 2019). Mathew, J., Singh, S. B., Garis, S. and Diwan, A. D. (2013) ‘Backing up the stories: The psychological and social costs of chronic low-back pain’, International Journal of...
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Article 5 mins
How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...statistics about carers are harder to ignore. Even before the pandemic hit, the number of those providing unpaid care for family, friends or neighbours had risen to about 9 million people (1 in 7 of us), saving the UK £132 billion a year – the cost of a second NHS. Research published during Carers’ Week in June shows that an extra 4.5 million people have been added...
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Article 10 mins
Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora
OpenLearn Ireland

Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora

...Statistics Office (2022), Population and Migration Estimates, April 2022. https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-pme/populationandmigrationestimatesapril2022/ (accessed 09 March 2023) Lynch-Brennan, M. (2006), ‘Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930’ in Making the Irish American: History and Heritage of the Irish in the United...
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Article 5 mins
Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...statistics on the distractions and automation that technology brings to our lives, encouraging children to sit and play computer games rather than be out in the streets, or in the garden, climbing, jumping, running and socialising and playing with friends (Slutsky & DeShetler, 2017). [Kid on mobile phone] Sport and technology are now so intertwined that with the...
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North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...statistics when working on one of the deep-water platforms. Before each trip I remember an adrenalin-fed focus that took in every word of the flight safety briefing. That’s still how it’s done, even for seasoned oil-workers. Over those last four decades, accidents have claimed the lives of around 130 oil staff and flight crew. While the total fatal and non-fatal...
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