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Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...division of Figure 2. I've already drawn attention to the distinctive hands and feet of primates. shows some of this anatomical diversity in primates, including representatives of the monkeys and apes. The hand of a tree-shrew, i.e. a non-primate, is shown for contrast (Figure 3a); this climbing mammal is not particularly well adapted for living in trees (some species of...
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...division of gender roles here, too. Having emerged from her seclusion in the women’s part of the house, Penelope is swiftly sent back again and told to attend to tasks relating to cloth production which were traditionally the work of women in ancient Greek society; as pointed out earlier, one of the things with which Penelope is particularly associated is her work at...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...division between violence between peers at school and violence at home. Olweus makes the point that ‘Violence begets violence’ – children who are exposed to violence at home are more likely to be violent at school. They are also likely to have had insufficient warmth and love from their parents. Later on in the article, Olweus claims that bullies are more likely...
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...division is one-tenth of the one before, and this can continue indefinitely. A logarithmic frequency scale therefore never reaches a frequency of 0. The steepness of the gain in the stop band is referred to as the filter’s roll-off. All first-order filters have a 20 dB/decade roll-off. The same roll-off can also be specified as 6 dB/octave. An octave is a term borrowed...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...division of conflict process types. Conflict process Examples Intervention process Disputes over resources and wants Land ownership Investment choices Sharing of facilities Leadership Negotiation Goal-based problems - difference in objectives Priorities - who should be first in line for housing, health services, and funding etc. What counts as project success e.g. number...
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...divisive. Sometimes there’s a lot of energy devoted to debating the relative importance of different perspectives, and some of that’s very healthy and helpful and sometimes maybe it’s not so helpful. We’re trying to sort of communicate that we think all of these perspectives are important and useful and we should engage with them all – an acknowledgement that we...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...division, the day starts with a diary share meeting. RACHEL DAURAT: Hello. NARRATOR: Heading today's meeting is Rachel Daurat, who's acting up whilst her manager is on leave. RACHEL DAURAT: A couple of things are just reminders, really. The first one is the new RAS forms, Community Care Assessment documents? NARRATOR: Rachel qualified as a social worker nine years ago and...
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...division of Germany and the building of the Berlin Wall contributed to this feeling. The terms of the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950 were negotiated over a period of 14 months. States agreed that everyone within their individual jurisdictions should be afforded what were considered to be their basic rights and freedoms, which should be enshrined within the...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs