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The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...et al., 1998). Why are such offences not reported? The same survey produced the following results (note, respondents could give more than one reason for not reporting a crime, so the total exceeds 100 per cent): 44 per cent of victims felt that the incident was not sufficiently serious; 33 per cent claimed that the police would not be able to do much about it; 22 per cent...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...et al., 2001) used brain imaging techniques to visualize dopamine receptor availability in the brains of both normal weight and morbidly obese individuals (Figure 9a). They found significantly lowered dopamine receptor availability in the ventral striatum of the obese individuals. Activity 24a If dopamine receptor availability is lowered, what might be the effect on the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...et al, devised a number of split brain experiments using people who had had split brain surgery as participants and comparing their responses to people who had not had this surgery. In one experiment the split brain participant was blindfolded and given objects to explore with their left hand. Information from the left hand goes to the right hemisphere but speech is...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...et al., 2014a). Even after music printing had been firmly established, repertory continued to circulate in manuscript. This was perhaps due to there being a lack of music printer-publishers in certain locations, the wish to deliberately restrict or retain control over the dissemination of repertory, or to assert the status of a specially prepared copy (Wyn Jones, 2005, p....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...et al, 2006) COUNTRY/REGION SOME OF THE DRIVING FORCES France Trying to control a powerful catholic church. Prussia Supporting the development of the protestant faith. Scandinavia Supporting the development of the protestant faith. Japan Developing industrial and military competitiveness; reorganising national institutions; creating national solidarity, a central...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introducing relational care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing relational care

...et al., 2023a, b) that offers a way forward using ‘relational care’ – a developing approach to supporting older people that is gaining traction as part of a wider movement towards new attitudes, and a re-visioning of adult social care. [Four elderly ladies sat around a table in a communal area] Relational care represents a natural progression from person-centred...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...axes. We were trying to be as objective as we possibly could and be as responsible as we possibly could for the veracity of what we were putting up, and that’s still in the marrow of my bones. I believe that is what the BBC ought to be doing, public service broadcasting ought to be doing. And so when you’re faced with an issue like, as twenty years ago, the rise in...
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Video 40 mins
Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...axes are latitude and time of year (this is not a map), and the contours are for solar energy received per day under cloud-free conditions. (Note: There is a difference between Northern and Southern Hemispheres because during the Southern Hemisphere summer the Earth is closer to the Sun than it is during the Northern Hemisphere summer.) Curvature of the Earth's surface...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs