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Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...become known, with the ultimate goal of eliminating criminal behaviour. Since behaviour is involuntary and not a matter of choice for the offender, punitive responses are misplaced...Introduction to critical criminology: The development of critical criminology - In the mid 1960s, positivist criminologies began to be challenged by a range of radical discourses that...
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Money & Business

Working in teams

...students, finding a significant positive effect on creative performance. Job satisfaction – Bragadottir et al. (2023) surveyed nursing staff across Iceland, receiving 567 survey responses. Their findings showed a significant relationship between teamwork and job satisfaction in medical settings, and their conclusion cites research from the US and Singapore that...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Getting started on classical Latin
History & The Arts

Getting started on classical Latin

...students who had had no contact with Latin before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that studying a classical language involves. This course will give you a taster of what is involved in the very early stages of learning Latin. Along the way, you will learn some Latin words, master the pronunciation of Latin and explore...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...become the driving force in the generation of a whole host of global challenges. It is also the basis for his account of how the crisis tendencies of capitalist urban development open up opportunities for all sorts of political action to challenge and transform established patterns of urban development. Activity 2 In his essay on The right to the city, Harvey outlines how...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...become increasingly interlinked in recent years. We need only to think of an Olympic team – which used to be mostly made up of athletes but now is likely to include a squad of almost equal size comprising non-athletic staff such as specialist coaches, trainers, sports psychologists and nutritionists – to realise how science is now a major part of sport. Elite athletes...
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...becoming an effective and empathetic leader with our free course, Approaching leadership with care. Delve into the core concepts of leadership by exploring the significance of empathy, compassion, and understanding when leading others and yourself. This course is designed to help you define your leadership style, cultivate a caring approach, and enhance your overall...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...become infected, on average. To crack this pandemic we need to get it down below 1. R0 is a function of the Attack Rate (a measure of how catchy the infection is), the duration of infectiousness, and the average number of contact events per case. COVID-19, causing only mild disease in most, exhibits a clever evolutionary strategy. By not incapacitating its hosts, the...
Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?

...become synonymous with autumn. Our desire to return to the crisp fall air during a blizzard or heat wave is also accompanied, for many of us, by our nostalgic feelings toward pumpkin spice everything. The sugar makes our brains happy It helps, of course, that most pumpkin spice products are superbly sweet. As I’ve previously written, our brains are strongly wired to...