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Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...open up the possibilities of new narratives in such areas as Green Criminology and eco crime, human rights, and human security. It creates new considerations of how to govern global social relations and alternative ways of conceiving justice. Within this framework, it is possible to consider a wider variety of social and criminological concerns, which are difficult to...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...Open University course EE812 Educational leadership: exploring strategy...Leadership: external context and culture: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course you should be able to: understand how the concept of culture impacts on educational leadership practice critically reflect on the relationship between external context and culture at societal and local levels...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
How do you become French President?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you become French President?

...Source: Wikipedia The President can, by law, only serve two terms, so can only be re- elected once. Following the election of the President the country then separately elects the 577 members of the National Assembly in the same way by a double ballot over two rounds. The election follows after the presidential election and this year are to be held on the 11th and 18th...
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Video 10 mins
The Dog of Alcibiades
History & The Arts

The Dog of Alcibiades

...source for Alcibiades’ dog is chapter 9 of Plutarch’s ‘biography’ of this great and controversial 5th c BCE general. Plutarch’s purpose is to capture the character of his subjects, rather than to give us datable historical information. He tells us that Alcibiades had a dog ‘of wonderful size and shape’ which had cost him 70 minas (7000 drachmas). He had its...
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Article 10 mins
Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia

...is on the verge of being lost in Africa; and she shared her knowledge widely. She was a source of inspiration and information for many in the African Biodiversity Network, which she helped establish.” She was definitely an inspiration to all and not only to her second home Africa, but also the world. Sue is survived by her husband, a prominent Ethiopian botanist, and three daughters, one of whom has followed her parents’ ......
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Article 15 hrs 45 mins
Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film
Money & Business

Porter’s Value Chain and the Business of Film

...source of competitive advantage. Partnering? Partnering is also an option. Film companies can develop different types of relationships with each partner and whether they are considered to be suppliers or alliance partners. Some film companies have benefitted from closer relationships with suppliers as they co-operate on things such as writing and editing. Other important...
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Article 5 mins
What were Victorian pauper's graves like?
History & The Arts

What were Victorian pauper's graves like?

...opened for about four weeks. The grave was what is called a pauper's grave. Such graves as these were kept open until there 17 or 18 bodies interred in them; there was only the body of a still-born infant in the one in question. It was not the custom to put any earth between the coffins in those graves, except in case where the persons died of contagious diseases and in...
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Article 10 mins
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...Open University. Like most inherited rare diseases, CLN3 disease is passed on in a recessive manner, through genes carrying mutations. Our cells contain pairs of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent. One chromosome holds a full set of genes, so we have two copies of each gene in total. Someone with one normal CLN3 gene and one mutant copy of the CLN3 gene would be...
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Article 10 mins