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What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...law to ratify Russia’s takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, Russia’s first territorial expansion since the Second World War. The act was widely condemned by world leaders, as well as by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as an illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory. The African-American civil rights movement Nonviolent protest and acts of civil disobedience...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...laws and regulations needed major review. In summary, the event was not a natural disaster that was ‘unavoidable’. Far from being natural disasters, reports on the events described above tend to agree on the major causes – poor design, failure of management structures, poor operating standards, poor maintenance, and poor decision making in the lead up, duration and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...law degree from Yale. The issue that I believe deserves careful scrutiny, however, does not involve his qualifications. Rather it’s a view of his that, if allowed to permeate the Fed, would represent a seismic shock to how the central bank operates and could potentially have severe consequences if – or when – we stumble into another financial crisis like the one we...
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Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?
Education & Development

Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?

...law the School Success and Opportunity Act, requiring that all students be able to access bathrooms or locker rooms that are consistent with their own gender identity in California’s K-12 settings. The ‘bathroom bill’ opposition But as with other issues concerning transgender rights, some have reacted to these changes with visceral opposition. For instance,...
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Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen

...law enforcement officials could not deal with the matter. Later, she is seen jeopardising another operation such that she needed to be shot in the arm to be stopped. These themes of dangerousness, incompetence or unpredictability illustrate the narrative choices in order to, in Claire Wilson’s words, “signal mental illness in a character … providing an accessible...
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What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...laws, and that this is not illegal in Jordan,” he told Global Voices. “He told us, ‘it may be allowed in Jordan, but it’s not allowed in here,’ and then we felt uncomfortable and left.” For transgender persons, the situation is even more complicated and dangerous. Article 307 of the Jordanian Penal Code states: “Any male who is disguised in a female's dress...
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Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share
Health, Sports & Psychology

Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share

...Law Database. Available here. (Accessed: 2 March 2020) Carers UK. (2019a). Juggling work and unpaid care: a growing issue Retrieved 18 December 2019 Carers UK. (2019b). State of Caring Report: a snapshot of unpaid care in the UK Retrieved 18 December 2019 (2016) Carers UK. Missing out: The identification challenge Retrieved 7 July 2020 Willen Hospice - Advance Care Plan...
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Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...law enforcers and government officials. An additional problem with palm oil is that it's very difficult to avoid without meticulously checking the list of ingredients. An additional issue is that if palm oil was replaced, something else would take its place. Because of the scale of palm oil use, any replacement would likely lead to similar problems of monocultures,...
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