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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...systems (Ghanaian and British), including their trades unions, could be thought of as one system and that the UK could pay restitution to the Ghanaian system for the perverse subsidy that currently flows in the opposite direction. There may be other approaches, but this one is interesting because it changes what otherwise might be thought of as aid to Ghana, with all its...
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...system works. In the next three sub-sections you can gain a basic understanding of these considerations. As you will see in sub-section 1, actors, ranging from states and international organisations to corporations and individuals, shape and drive interactions worldwide. Then, in sub-section 2, you can learn about ‘issues’, which are the main topics that actors engage...
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...system. It was argued that states and others thus not only portrayed them as the main cause of crime, but deployed resources to their criminalisation. Thus these state and media processes were seen to criminalise certain groups and not others, while attention was argued to be deflected from the inequalities that shape the underlying social problems. Furthermore, through...
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...system. When the piston reaches the bottom of the stroke the inlet valve closes. On the next stroke this air/fuel mixture is then compressed into typically one-tenth of its original volume, creating a highly inflammable mixture which is then ignited using an electric spark on a sparking plug. The gases then burn very rapidly reaching a high temperature (750 °C or more)...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...Systems and the sale of radar systems to the Tanzanian Government [In 2010 BAE Systems, a military equipment producer, was taken to court regarding] a relatively small accounting offence admitted by BAE in relation to one contract in one country – a £28m radar deal in Tanzania in 2002. A judge has declared he was “astonished” at claims that BAE Systems, Britain’s...
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...systems so that default PIN codes no longer exist, but many users still use meaningful information such as their birthdates as PIN codes, making them easy to guess (BBC News, 2011). This highlights the importance of considering both technological and human aspects when developing security measures. As explained above, gaining access to other people’s accounts can...
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...system, via the web, or in public places. How often would you listen to music if you could hear it only by attending performances or making it yourself? No two answers to this question will be the same, because each person’s experience would depend on where they lived, the kind of repertoire they might seek out and the resources at their disposal to travel, or to gain...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...system, and so on. But speech changes all the time and, eventually, written language will start to accommodate some of the changes that are taking place in the spoken language. You just have to listen to people talking English now to know that spoken language changes much more readily than written language. Think of grandparents and the problems they sometimes have...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs