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Forensic psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...law Although both psychologists and lawyers are closely concerned with human behaviour, the application of psychology in legal issues is fairly recent. This is because, although the subject matter may overlap, the aims of psychologists and lawyers are very different and their approaches vary. Psychologists are concerned with obtaining knowledge about psychology by...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...law and other large masses of people … and the subject of this kind of conviction is right and wrong’ (§454b). Socrates then attempts to show that the engineer and the navigator, with little fuss, also provide services to a wide community. Nevertheless, Socrates adds that the engineer and the navigator recognise that that community will inevitably include ‘good’...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...law-abiding and hard-working men constitutes the happiness, strength and wealth of any state”. Statesmen and public-spirited individuals therefore devoted attention to building this healthy population. It was the productivity puzzle of the 18th century. Clearly, to do this required an ample supply of nourishing, healthy food. There was a growing consensus across Europe...
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Article 5 mins
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...laws and regulations. For the clinician, traditional instant messaging may also constitute information overload and just add another layer of complexity to the job. In this section, you have learned about how digital technology can change professional practice, but that may raise a number of issues and questions about what is appropriate and ethical...Innovation in health...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...laws and regulations they must adhere to ensure the safety of the shared airspace, runways and airports. Air traffic managers communicate with pilots and other parties to keep everyone informed about weather, traffic advisories and other incidents. Air traffic control also works with the pilot through each phase of flight. Many of us only know take-off, cruise and...
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Activity 20 mins
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...law enforcement - The conservative focus on, and allegations of, widespread crime and social disorder were contradicted by other eyewitness accounts. In the extract that follows, two white paramedics from San Francisco talk about their experiences in trying to escape from the flooding in New Orleans across a bridge connecting the mainly black New Orleans City to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...laws of motion which relate an object’s motion to the forces acting upon it. Newton explained these laws in his Principia Mathematica, first published in 1687. (This is one of the most important scientific books ever to be published, and it nearly didn’t make it to the press. Newton was always extremely reluctant to publish his work, and it was published only through...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...law court speech or when you were addressing the assembly in Athens or something you weren’t particularly interested in the truth. You were simply interested in persuading people. And if you could suggest that your opponent had all kinds of unpleasant sexual habits you weren’t particularly interested in sexual habits per se but you were interested in what those sexual...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs