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Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...class shape young people’s experience of crime...When children do something wrong, something usually needs to be done. In this free course, Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime, you'll explore what happens to children in different parts of the UK when the things they do are labelled as criminal. In Scotland, Northern Ireland and England and Wales...

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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs

History & The Arts

Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star

...class woman entrusted at just 24 with fronting prime-time BBC Saturday-night television and the only female host simultaneously to front two ratings-devouring behemoths of 80s and 90s ITV. Her career was a succession of breakthroughs, a litany of firsts, but it is only with her death that her pioneering status is being widely recognised. We prefer our cultural pioneers to...

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Article 5 mins

Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...classes. These are, of course, healthy activities but may not be suitable for all of us or not at the beginning of a lifestyle change journey. Being physically active also means not avoiding exercise when there is an “easier” or more convenient alternative, such as walking to the shops instead of driving the car or taking the stairs instead of the lift. Being...

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Article 10 mins

Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...class. Turning out for the third major national vote in two years is tiring enough for those people who are just carrying on with the crucial business of getting on with their lives; asking those same people to turn out to vote for two options they find equally unpalatable is worse still. It could cause lasting damage to relations between voters and the political class....

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Article 5 mins

History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...variable colour. It is mostly brownish yellow, but the cut decoration is generally darker. Perhaps a coloured substance has been rubbed into the cut surface, but the darker areas could just be accumulated grime. Limitations to your observation It is worth remembering that you have been looking at photographs. If you had been able to hold the object in your hand, you would...

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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs

Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...variables may interact to produce variability in human body weight and adiposity both within and across generations apply an understanding of gene–environment interactions to possible explanations of variability in body weight and adiposity...Obesity: balanced diets and treatment: 1 The components of a balanced diet - A balanced diet contains six key nutrient groups...

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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

Mapping Britain

...spaces. Successful Cities The importance of egalitarianism in cities and how this is or is not reflected in town planning. De-industrialisation and Cities Attitudes to cities and the differences between larger and smaller cities. Planning and cities The increase in inequalities between affluent and less affluent. Notions of citizenship and the impact of climate change....

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Audio 51 mins

Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...classes of people living in dangerous places. These people and these places are not only dangerous, they are. or are at least potentially, criminal. They represent the dark forces of disorder which threaten the day-to-day order of the city. In this discussion I would like to suggest that not only can neighbourhoods within the city be represented as dangerous but, indeed,...

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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr

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Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime