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Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...laws. Read: Calls for deradicalisation programs after Nice attack should be met with caution The role of mental illness in radicalisation and terror is an area of dispute - the shifting of focus from professed religious affiliations to possible mental health problems can sometimes just replace Islamaphobia with ableism. France24 spoke with Dr. Samuel Leistedt, a...
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Article 30 mins
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...law. In medical contexts, a child under the age of 16 can consent to medical treatment if they have ‘sufficient understanding and intelligence’. Gillick competence came about through a case about whether teenagers should be allowed access to contraception even without their parents’ consent. It protects young people’s rights to decide what happens to their own...
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Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...laws are a democratic mechanism. Who is right? The answer is a shade of grey rather than black and white. Democracy is generally accepted to be about both majority rule and minority rights, and sometimes striking a balance is difficult. Activity 4 Pupils could be asked to read some of this material, pro and con, with an eye to the types of arguments the different sides...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...laws working against those efforts. He was a founding member of the Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) – both key black civil rights organisations of the time (NAACP continues this work today). Du Bois produced a body of work. He wrote many books, including his famous autobiography Dusk Of Dawn, and was the...
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An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...law, for example at what age you can drink alcohol; the benefits system; deciding if someone has the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves. I know some theories and ideas from previous studies, for example about child development, healthy living, behavioural contracts and reward systems. I’ve used different services in health, education and social care and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...Law – the body responsible for all aspects of welfare. There was what historians call a ‘mixed economy of care’ – patients could either pay for the services of practitioners, or apply for free care from charities or local government agencies. The end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries saw a huge expansion in the availability of outpatient...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...laws. Some naturalists also make a further assumption. They assume that natural phenomena form a hierarchy and that higher-level ones can be explained by reference to more basic ones, right down to the level of chemistry and physics. Reproduction, for example, counts as a high-level phenomenon, which can be explained in terms of more basic genetic and cellular processes,...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...law, which states that at a constant temperature (k), an increase in pressure (P) causes a proportional decrease in volume (V). Watch Boyle’s law in action in Video 7 below. (Make sure to open the link in a new window/tab so you can easily navigate back to this page.) Link to Video 7 – The effect of increasing pressure on volume. Question 2 Increasing pressure Select...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs