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Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...world, denounced what they had come to view as the ‘mainstream criminological ideology’ (Taylor et al., 1973). It is here that the story of critical criminology begins. It is important to recognise that much of the ‘criminological project’ has been characterised by knowledges developing either in parallel – or in response to – changing social conditions. New...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...world demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the processes and interactions (physical, biological, chemical and geological) which shape the polar environment at different temporal and spatial scales express concepts in an objective and factually correct way make sense of information presented in different ways, including textual, numerical or graphical material...The...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...World Health Organisation (WHO, 2020) breaks down the concept of community empowerment as follows: Community empowerment refers to the process of enabling communities to increase control over their lives. Communities are groups of people that may or may not be spatially connected, but who share common interests, concerns or identities. These communities could be local,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...World War. Just combatants fighting by unjust means: the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay . Unjust combatants fighting by just means: Erwin Rommel (burning of the commando order). Unjust combatants fighting by unjust means: most of the German war campaign of the Second World War, especially, for example, the London Blitz. I do not wish to smuggle in...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...world. Always reflect on the notes you have taken in your journal. Did you note things you heard – the way people speak or a squeaky or breathy voice? Did you note any smells – like a distinctive perfume, or the smell of fried fish on someone’s clothes? When reflecting on your notes, highlight any details you find especially interesting and to which you might want...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...world, I would have been crazy to have imagined as a 14-year-old that that would ever be possible. And, you know, when I kind of look back at cooking jam in the kitchen when I was that age, you know, it’s, it has been an amazing journey and it’s come a very long way from, from that time. Music – Boogie Woogie Party, dur: 00:31 Fraser Doherty: It all started about...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...world on how open or closed you should be. In this free course, Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?, we start a debate to support the decision-making process around openness and the different preferences we each have. Networked practice online is often connected to decisions about open practice. To network with others requires some exchange of information. To...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...world. While Irish literature is often associated with the Nobel Prize-winning poetry of Seamus Heaney or the famously difficult modernist prose of James Joyce, the Gothic tradition gives us a whole new lens through which to read the legacy of literature in Ireland. The Irish Gothic tradition is diverse, spanning time, space and literary genre. From around 1760 there is...
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