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Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...become an expert in a particular subject. In the following sections, you will gain an insight into some of the main disciplines in the social sciences, focusing in particular on psychology, law and sociology. The reason you will focus on these three disciplines is that they are often studied alongside criminology, forming part of joint-honours degrees at many...
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...students often find the extensive use of mathematics troublesome and some think of mathematics as providing a barrier to understanding. Do not let this happen to you. From the outset, you should regard mathematics as a friend rather than a foe. As the course progresses, you may meet some mathematical ideas that are new to you, or you may need to improve your ability to...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...becomes public, will help you to make informed judgements about what is (and is not) credible when studying the dynamic boundaries of scientific knowledge. In this light, it is also important to acknowledge that academic practices of openness (Weller, 2014) and engagement (Jensen and Holliman, 2016) are becoming more widespread. Together, they offer additional...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...students. Why do you think people might feel this way about science? Comment Those who influence attitudes towards science and how scientific knowledge develops include researchers, government, industry and religious and lobby groups. Attitudes change – for example, over recent years there has been a growing interest about science related to medicine and the...
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...become torpid, but none is known to do so. One reason might be that substantial changes in body temperature would kill the microbes in the rumen that are essential to digestion. Another possibility is that in ruminants, both storage and membrane lipids contain mostly saturated lipids, which have a higher melting point than unsaturated lipids. Laboratory experiments in...
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...become full and the printer will need to signal to the computer to stop sending data for a while. The final output from the printer is in one direction only. Figure 2 expands the arrangement of Figure 1 to show a representation of a network where two computers share the services of a printer. Notice how there may now be a need for routing, storing and manipulating data as...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...become I suppose a problem as well so then obviously that’s where the technician job is brilliant because I’ve got the holidays … I thought it would be a good place to start because I was well over-qualified for it so it was just a job that I could go and do, and do well to start with. It was within my confidence range and it suited my lifestyle as well. You’ll...
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...become more interested in small things, but I remember as a boy, I just always wanted to pick everything up, it didn’t matter what it was, but just pick it up and look at it. What I’m working on now Well we’ve got lots of big things at the moment, I’ve got some TV series running. One of them has been quite a hit actually, it was called Tiger about the House, but...