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Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...out: Whether the claimant is a good expert or not is neither here nor there. The quality of his report is neither here nor there. … These matters are not a sufficient basis for having ruled the claimant to be simply not competent to give expert evidence at all.Footnote 10 In considering whether an individual is an expert, it is the fact of whether they have the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...out support work. The recruitment of paid assistants and volunteers has brought into schools a range of adults in addition to qualified teachers, with much to offer children. Their work enhances children’s experience of learning in school. This unit aims to reflect this diversity and to encourage you to think about your part in the many roles that teaching assistants...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...out in two steps: disruption of the cells to release the subcellular components, followed by centrifugation (described below) to separate the components on the basis of their mass or density...A tour of the cell: Centrifugation - Large particles suspended in liquid will eventually settle out under the influence of the Earth's gravitational field (the strength of this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...out, but Angelina won’t be going to bed for at least another 17 hours, so I’m steeling myself for a long night. In case I doubted her resolve, Angelina removes her glasses, looks directly at me, and uses her thumbs and forefingers to pull open the wrinkled, grey-tinged skin around her eyes. “Occhi aperti,” she says. Eyes open. This is the second night in three...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...out. The air's flowing in and out. The Earth stuff is coming in as food, and going out as excrement. Everything's just happening here. And this is holding itself together, as organisms do, for a short period of time. What it is that animates that, and whether there is a being beyond that, I really find that hard to even-- I live as if there is. I have a communication...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...out more about facilitating a learning club. Please take our survey about this course to give us feedback, inform future work, and have the (optional) opportunity to get more involved if you are interested. You do not need to have finished studying this course in order to take the survey...Introduction and guidance: 2 Take control of your own development: join in with our...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...out by one or more individuals towards another person or group, and with the intention to exploit them, or gain some advantage from the activity. So that might be considered morally or legally wrong. And/or that they caused harm to others, directly or indirectly. Activity 1 suggests that the definition of crime is problematic, and this raises further questions about the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...out the theme of boundaries: boundaries within and between groups; within and between explanatory frameworks; and within and between experiences of mental health and distress. The second section, ‘Whose risk is it anyway?’, considers a critical account of the increasing focus on risk (particularly risk to others) in policies and professional practice in the last 40...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs