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Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...solidity of the social world and the stated purposes of its institutions’ (2002, p. 271). Young quotes Zygmunt Bauman to argue that we must begin our analyses from the premise that ‘things are not necessarily what they seem’ (2002, p. 271)...Introduction to critical criminology: Governing through crime - Jonathan Simon is an American Professor of Law. In 2007 he...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...solid structures and grim realities. Indeed, part of the attraction of social constructionism as a perspective is that it suggests the social world might be slightly less solid and permanent than such emphasis on the ‘hard facts of life’ might imply. Social constructionism does, after all, indicate that the social world is constructed – meanings are made,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...liquid. And the liquid that is very often recommended is the white of an egg. So I have separated the white and the yolk. And then what they would do is take a bit of egg, take a bit of the powder, and then apply it to the corner of their eye. Video 4 Making collyria...Week 2: Health and identity: the face and eyes: 2.3 Cataract surgery - Treatment for eye diseases in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...Liquid Gold (Yorkshire Television 1986. Designed by Jeff Parr) However it was the eighties in which the computers use was more obvious to the viewer due to the fact that it had reached a stage in which it could be successfully used to create title-sequences or station indents and present graphical information. Green monitor output and wireframe graphics were fashionable...
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Article 15 mins
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp

...liquid orange, you can see the black skeletons of trees scribbled upon the melancholy glory. Nor need I speak of the magnificence of a winter midnight, when space, sombre blue, crowded with star and planet, "burnished by the frost," is glittering like the harness of an archangel full panoplied against a battle day. For years and years now I have watched the seasons come...
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Article 10 mins
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...liquid’s density changes with its temperature (Noyes, 1936). Although the mercury thermometer is currently being phased out in favour of digital thermometers due to mercury’s toxicity, its use has been critical to detecting fevers which need treatment. Another important innovation is X-ray technology. Without this, it would be extremely difficult to make a correct...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...liquid’ they are. Liquid assets are those that can be converted into cash easily and readily. The most liquid asset is cash. Other liquid assets include the balance on a current account or a savings account. There are other assets that cannot be sold or liquidated so easily, such as a house. Later in the course you’ll look at household assets in more detail. In this...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...liquid measures, the metric system of units is often used. For example, the distance a cyclist cycles in a day is likely to be given in kilometres (sometimes written as the symbol km), a person’s height in metres (m) and a waist measurement in centimetres (cm). The prefixes ‘kilo’ and ‘centi’, together with ‘deci’ and ‘milli’, are used throughout the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs