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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...based, and culturally sensitive audio-recorded discussion between Grace (a Registered Nurse working in Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland) and Jaz (a Social Worker and Programme Lead with the UK National FGM Centre), as they explore the practice of FGM and its’ injurious impact on women and girls across their life course. SENSITIVITY STATEMENT We appreciate that...
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Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...Based upon the extract from Forensic Science you read earlier in the course, what are the features of fingerprints that the experts would have been looking for in a detailed comparison? Answer First of all the expert will classify the major pattern as a loop, whorl, or arch. They will then look for categories of loops, whorls or arches. For example, a loop can be radial...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...based in part on the pretext of Moscow seeking to redress perceived historical wrongs of a previous Soviet administration, to see how such borders remain contested. Before the Middle East case is examined further, there are some important, foundational ideas that you will be introduced to that provide the platform for understanding the ‘world of states’ that we are...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...based, and you have a whole load of rules which can be thought of as ‘if this is true or if this is false, then do this…’. They’re widely used in medical diagnosis and fault finding in complex engineering systems, for example. An alternative approach is to mimic the way that simple animals work, such as insects, so a lot of robots will walk and move and behave and...
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Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?
Nature & Environment

Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?

...based people know some wildlife deaths are inevitable, much in the same way that urban people know some road deaths are inevitable. Such extreme cases of human-wildlife conflict — when tigers kill and eat people — are important events in shaping public opinion. Killing the tiger is perhaps the only option, and it should be done swiftly and efficiently. Many prefer to...
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Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...de Dougga, Tunis, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles, Institut National d'Archeologie et d'Arts) (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Please click to view Plate 1b: Plan of Thugga continued. (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Exploring Thugga (part 1, 8 minutes) PHIL PERKINS: This is the city of Thugga, in the ancient kingdom and Roman Province of Numidia. It lies on the slopes of the valley of the Oued...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...De Bono’s technique based on? The human brain thinks in a number of distinct ways. The human brain only looks at things in one way. These perspectives can be challenged. a. The human brain thinks in a number of distinct ways. b. The human brain only looks at things in one way. c. These perspectives can be challenged. The correct answers are a and c. Select the answer...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...bases of national wealth and strength. At the heart of these new ideas was a new appreciation of what we would now call public health. Whereas in earlier centuries rulers wished to prevent famines that might cause public unrest, in the 18th century, politicians became increasingly convinced that national strength and economic prowess required more than an obedient...
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