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Would you recognise county lines exploitation?
Society, Politics & Law

Would you recognise county lines exploitation?

...multi-media sources and engaging activities to immerse you in key issues and debates relevant to the Criminal Justice System of England and Wales. The module focuses on a range of criminal offences, such as murder and theft using real case studies, as well as aspects of criminal defences. The module is also built around themes of law reform, campaigning, and inequality....
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...system. You may have already encountered the UK’s immigration system, as it is often the subject of news reports. You may have a general interest or work, or be planning to work, within the immigration system itself. Whatever your reasons for studying, we hope that you find this course interesting and informative. UK immigration is a reserved area of law-making, and it...
Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...system because it carries proteins on its cell surface that resemble human proteins, thus fooling the system into thinking it is part of the human body and preventing it being destroyed. About one-fifth of the population have Strep. pneumoniae in their body and it too can produce a surface layer that allows it to evade the immune system. A commensal species can cause an...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists

...system. She is certainly not the archetypal leader of a far-right party. At the big table Now that it will sit in the federal parliament, the AfD needs learn how to deal with the challenges of real world political life inside the Bundestag. It has plenty of members who have plenty to say. It is not short of chiefs. But in the Bundestag it needs to find what the Germans...
Plasma arc cutting
Science, Maths & Technology

Plasma arc cutting

...systems. Manufacture An alternative to flame cutting, laser cutting, electrical discharge wire cutting and abrasive jet cutting. Used mainly for profile cutting of metal sheets and slabs up to 200 mm thick, but can also be used for cutting, turning, grooving and piercing holes and slots. “Stand-off” height critical, hence process is often combined with other...
Understanding tax avoidance
Money & Business

Understanding tax avoidance

...system and the responsibility of corporations to society. This episode of the Bottom Line looks at these timely themes in depth. A deceptively simple question: what is tax avoidance? In particular, how can we distinguish it from tax evasion? Tax avoidance is the legal use of the given system to minimise one’s taxes. It can include loopholes and tax haven. Companies who...
Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...system using pairs of torches, but this doesn't seem to have been widely adopted (the Ancient Greeks were clearly too clever for their contemporaries!). Indeed, it wasn't until the late-18th century that a communications network widely regarded as the precursor to the electrical telegraph came into being. Claude Chappe devised a system of semaphore relay stations which...
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...systems and fuel emissions, and reducing electricity use by appliances. The course looks at the importance of energy in buildings in the UK, investigate heat loss and how to prevent it, ways of increasing building efficiency, decreasing CO2 emissions of different fuels and the use of efficient appliances...Themes covered in this free course, Energy in buildings, include...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs