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Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...system draw together information from different sources and make logical deductions as a result demonstrate an understanding of how forensic scientists operate and use scientific evidence in a legal context...Forensic science and fingerprints: 1 Introduction to fingerprints - In this section you will learn the principles used in classifying and matching fingerprints...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...think of at the time where I could get off the internet, and they were incredibly varied in what they have said and done over the twenty years, but they all have fantastic narrative. But if I’m thinking environment now, certainly Decade of Destruction was a very pertinent… I don’t know what it did in terms of the public, but in terms of our industry it was huge,...
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Video 30 mins
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...think are the core elements of the course's approach to social policy? Esther Saraga Yes I think the most important word that you've used John is approach, and that's the key thing to get hold of with D218, that it's about a particular way of studying social policy. So it isn't about learning lots of facts and figures or about a range of policies and procedures or the way...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...think of some possible strategies for dealing with these...Facilitating group discussions: 1 What is facilitation? - Before considering the skills of facilitating group processes, it is important that you have a good understanding of what facilitation means. So let’s start by defining what is meant by ‘facilitation’. Activity 1 Part One Write down your understanding...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity

...system in which acceleration can be due to either gravity or changes in velocity? It seems to depend on how you are looking at it. That led to the idea of a “reference frame” – the stage on which the objects you are looking at play out their roles. There may of course be other frames in which the objects appear to behave differently, so we need a description of all...
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Article 5 mins
The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Society, Politics & Law

The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions

...system to take account of the diversity of the population it ostensibly serves. The hostile environment to immigration is only one of a series of hostile environments established by the current Government. The disabled, single parents, unemployed, those who rely on benefits have all been treated, in one way or another, to versions of the hostile environment. The Ken Loach...
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Article 10 mins
The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...systems where changes in one small thing can have knock-on effects to many othersEverything is connected to everything else. That’s one of the themes that runs through A Perfect Planet. The Earth is a set of interconnected systems where changes in one small thing can have knock-on effects to many others. One of the stories in the series is about tropical fig trees, the...
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Article 15 mins
What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?
Science, Maths & Technology

What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?

...think about what astronomical objects the Christmas Star could have been. Comet Could the Christmas Star have been a comet? They are sometimes visible to the naked eye gradually brightening on their approach to the Sun and fading away after a few weeks or months. The comet itself is a small body (a few kilometres across) made of dust and ice that has come from much...
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Article 5 mins