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Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...law, for example, requires member states to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste, such as food and garden waste, that they landfill to 35% of 1995 levels by 2016 (for some countries by 2020) as part of plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (European Commission, 2016). China appears to be moving forward in imposing legal requirements for environmental...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...law] came from Olny to us upon a Tuesday […] April : 12 : after sermon, having waited upon God in his house, my wife called her women and God was mercifull to mee in my house, giving her a safe deliverance, & a daughter which on Thursday April : 14 was baptized by the name of Mary, Mr Rich : Harlakenden, Mr John Litle, Mrs Mary Mildmay & my wives mother being witnesses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...law, there are two standards of proof to determine guilt before punishment is inflicted. In criminal law, this standard is of guilt beyond reasonable doubt. This is a very high standard with evidence specific to the act by the individual in question. It requires identifying biological information (such as DNA or blood evidence), for instance, reliable eyewitness...
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Article 5 mins
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...Scots. These ‘myths’ (or untruths) have been tackled recently in a series of articles (links below). Gordon Barclay, Military Historian Barclay’s arguments are outlined more fully in: Gordon Barclay, ‘”Churchill rolled the tanks into the crowd": mythology and reality in the military deployment to Glasgow 1919‘, Scottish Affairs, 28, 1: 32-62 Gordon Barclay,...
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Article 20 mins
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...law/geography/doreen-massey-space-place-and-politics Milton Keynes Council (2014) Milton Keynes Theme Report – 2011 Census Population and Migration. Milton Keynes, UK: Research and Intelligence, Milton Keynes Council, April 2014. Williams, M. (2016) Fast Growth Cities: The Opportunities and Challenges ahead, London: Centre for Cities.
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...law was struck down by liver cancer, and Odontuya says she too died in extreme distress. What she calls the “psychological pain” of witnessing a loved one in such a state affected everyone in her family, she says. It was a trauma that many more families have gone through since, because of a steady increase in cancers nationwide over the past two decades, especially...
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Article 15 mins
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...law are preserved as the Law of the XII Tables. Early inscriptions survive from the 6th Century BCE. Writing was introduced into Southern Italy by Greek colonists in the early 8th Century BCE, Polybius (c. 200-c. 118 BCE), Greek Historian of Rome. Histories 3.22.3 ‘the Ancient Roman language differs so much from the modern that it can only be partially made out, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...law have also helped formulate the South African national water strategy. Since the democratic elections of 1994, the nation has crafted a suite of water policies and laws to redress past inefficiencies, inequities and environmental degradation. For example, a 1998 law makes all water public property, repealing the previous statute that assigned water rights based on...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs