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Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...business, family or personal relationship. Providing a neutral and safe venue for negotiating For mediation to be successful there must be conditions conducive to discussion, exploration of options and possibilities, and negotiation. This point highlights the essence of the mediator’s art: to bring the different parties together in the same room, minimise any hostility...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...busy but not a bustling landscape and there is a distinct sense of measured movement in the human activities Brueghel portrays. The influence of the bright Mediterranean dawn is very much in evidence in the scene but possibly the ploughman sports the richer hues of the Northern school of painting. You may agree that the viewer is drawn into the picture and invited not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...Business School. Week 1: Your digital life...Week 1: Your digital life: Introduction - It is too early to tell whether the Internet’s effect on media will be as radical as that of the printing press. It is not too early to tell that there is nothing that happened between 1450 and now that comes close. (Naughton, 2012) Why is ‘digital’ such a big deal? Here are a few...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...busy conducting a free vaccination clinic for children from families with low incomes. “Our children are from the slum area,” says teacher R G Sudha, as more than 400 kids aged 5 to 13 line up dutifully to receive their shots. “They play with cats and dogs, and they don’t know [about rabies]. So many children have been bitten.” Three doctors and two medical...
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Article 10 mins
The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...busy again and the year was shiny and new when Hart responded to the INC with a statement. It was dated January 2. In it, Hart stated that the complex and centuries-old socioeconomic divisions in the North of Ireland could not be healed overnight, nor could they be cured by force of arms, by violence, or by shortsighted neglect. Said Hart in his statement: “Admittedly,...
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Article 5 mins
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...business as usual in which the interests of animals are not given anything like the weight that the interests of humans at comparable mental levels would be. Nigel: When you started writing about the suffering of animals, speciesism and so on, that was a very radical position to take. Things have evolved since then. There are many more people who go along with your...
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Audio 15 mins
The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...business of this peripheralisation that I mentioned is the remoteness but also the economy. The interesting thing is that having spent decades in production they now had to switch to a new mission which was clean up. But nonetheless it persisted and it survived in different political and economic circumstances. And so, Hanford has a claim on the American federal budget of...
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Audio 10 mins
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...business in Scotland. Further significant change will take place following the negotiations over the UK’s planned exit from the EU. It is too early to identify what the result of that change may be and whether Scotland, having voted to remain, will achieve a unique settlement which differs from other nations within the UK. After studying this week you should be able to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs