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Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...Dan Olweus, a psychologist specializing in children and bullying, looks at typical bullies and their victims in Sweden, although what he writes of Sweden is equally applicable to non-Scandinavian countries and North America. Read the extract, looking in particular at the links between home life and school behaviour, and noting the particular characteristics of those who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion – is outside the country they belong to or normally reside in – is unable or unwilling to return home for fear of persecution Limited to those who became refugees as a result of events occurring before 1951, and, by many states, to events in Europe 1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...religion, or socio-economic background...Truth, myth or mixture?: 2.2.1 Magistrates - 1919, the year the legal profession opened up to women, was also the year women could first become magistrates. Today, over half of magistrates are women (Magistrates Association, 2019). Ethnic diversity has taken longer to achieve. It would be another four decades before a minority...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...Dan Shiffman was very excited about it. He’s another one of the professors there. And we got some students working with us last summer through Google Summer of Code. So this was Sam Levine working on the IDE. This is Scott Garner, who worked on some of the intro materials that I’ll show in a moment. And Jason Siegel, who has done a lot with the sound. And I’d have...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...religion or law are usually of French origin (e.g., constitution, to baptize, judge – juge) whereas mundane words stayed Germanic (e.g. to say – sagen, hand – Hand), which reflects that following the Norman Conquest of 1066 the ruling class of Britain was French, spoke in French and only very slowly mingled with the locals. Here are four examples of languages in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...for women were all blamed for a rise in rates of VD. [Described image] Figure 5 La syphilis maladie héréditaire assassine la race, 1920, France, lithograph on paper, 62 × 81 cm. Photo: U.S. National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division, USA. Notice how syphilis is linked to the New Woman, with her short hair and glamorous appearance. Broadly speaking, there were two possible approaches. The ......
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...La Via Campesina, 2011) 1. Why are violent protests occurring in Senegal? Answer In 2007–08, violent protests occurred in Senegal because the price of imported rice increased, making it unaffordable for many. In 2011, riots occurred because of land leases for biofuel production. 2. How can social movements mobilise in the face of uneven economic and power relationships?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...La Hyre, The Allegorical Figure of Grammar, 1650 Discussion Figure 5 is different again in terms of the way in which language is used. Language is a feature of this painting in two specific ways. On the one hand, the picture includes a limited amount of text on the scroll draped over the woman’s arm. On the other hand, though, language – or at least a particular...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs