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Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...changing social policy and terminology help to shape, and are shaped by, the experiences of people seeking asylum in the UK...The words 'refugee' and 'asylum seeker' have a wide variety of connotations in Britain, many of them negative. This free course, Who counts as a refugee?, explores how changing social policy and terminology help to shape, and are shaped by, the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...climate. And because they're climbers, they will generally need a support to climb up. Now, on hop farms, this is a wire or a trellis. But in the wild, they'll grow up trees or rock faces or anything they can get their hands on, really. Now, hops produce flowers. They don't look like flowers that you would normally see on plants. They're just green. And they have these...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...changed. It shows the average number of minutes per day spent watching TV between 1997 and 2019. [Described image] Figure 1 TV viewing habits in Germany Vokabular Durchschnittlich on average Täglich daily Man sah fern ... People watched TV Man sieht fern … People watch TV Activity 1 Select the answer for Question 1a here Look at the statistics in Figure 1 and select...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...change. It is easy to say ‘many people’ will be able to identify, and feel comfortable with, their larger political loyalties or belongings (and it's an old trick of political theorists to invoke the ‘many people would …’ defence for what they are arguing). Equally, many will not. People can be ‘caught’ without or between primary political attachments. On...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...changes to the registered nurse providing support for patients’ family and friends performing and reporting clinical observations of a patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure obtaining measurement of a patient’s height and weight. Before the creation of these new roles, a registered nurse carried out such responsibilities. Now, health-care...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...change, on winning votes, or on taking over dominant social structures. Rather they work by creating the change they wish to encounter, building and forging new ways of experiencing social and political life. (2014, p. 2) As with the law, equitable ideas often concern private property and how, for example, it is held (possessed, owned), used and (re)distributed in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...changed. One day, in late 2007 or early 2008, a sympathetic-seeming scientist with a proposal before a committee she was serving on made a startling confession. As Lyerly recalls: “One of the researchers said, ‘You know, I understand where you’re coming from… but I gotta tell you, I just don’t like including pregnant women in research. It’s just my bias.’”...
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Article 15 mins
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...change of mind: ‘No, that won't do’. We are then given a very specific setting, not just Bombay – a city perhaps exotic and unfamiliar to many readers – but also the name of the Nursing Home and an actual date and time: midnight on August 15th, 1947. The narrator tells us that the time ‘matters, too.’ Is the implied significance of time and date enough to make...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs