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Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...et al (Judgment) IT-96-23 & IT -96923/1-T (22 February 2001). These are: ‘control of someone’s movement, control of physical environment, psychological control, measures taken to prevent or deter escape, force, threat of force or coercion, duration, assertion of exclusivity, subjection to cruel treatment and abuse, control of sexuality and forced labour’ (para. 77)....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...et simples dignités (‘Treatise on orders and plain dignities’); the other is from an article by Defoe (1660–1731), a novelist and social commentator, in an eighteenth-century newspaper. Read the two quotations then answer the following questions: How many groups or orders do Loyseau and Defoe identify? What is the basis for their division of society? Loyseau,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...et al. (1991) Three-dimensional analysis of the peculiar arterial patterns of the extremities in Lorisidae: the rete mirabile, Primatology Today, Elsevier Science; Figure 5 (b): Suckling, J. A., Suckling, E. E. and Walker, A. (1969) Suggested function of the vascular bundles in the limbs of Perodictus potto, Nature, vol. 221, January 25 1969. With permission of Nature...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...et al., 2014). Similarly, practice can vary between different types of practitioners. Some psychiatrists who have medical training might take more account of social factors than others. Some community psychiatric nurses focus on monitoring medication and others on more psychological approaches such as specific forms of talking or behavioural therapy. However, while some...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...et al. (2003) candidly admit, that the discipline, if it exists, has an identity crisis. Maybe it is time to identify – for school geography, a subset of the wider discipline – a small number of defining concepts. This is a worthy goal for subject associations such as the Geographical Association (GA) to work for because, without such a list (which has to be short to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...et al, 1989). The underlying principle here being that if, for example, something is taken out of the earth, something else renewable must be substituted as compensation. The extreme of this idea would be not to take anything out of the earth at all, but that would perhaps be a little unrealistic. If there is no decline in natural capital, then the sustainability is seen...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...et al., 2015, p.5) The full College of Policing report outlines in detail the process taken and the conclusions reached. One useful approach for evaluating interventions such as this has been called EMMIE and this is summarised in the table below: Table 1 The EMMIE Model ​Effect ​Impact on crime Whether the evidence suggests the intervention led to an increase,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...et al. (eds)...Managing coastal environments: Acknowledgements - Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Course image: Michael D Beckwith in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. The material...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs