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What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?
Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

...Working Party information is now available online including Article 29 Working Party consent guidance and Article 29 Working Party draft guidelines on profiling. As mentioned earlier, ICO has published Children and the GDPR guidance for consultation which closes on 28 February 2018. The guidance includes new rules about automated decision-making, the right to erasure and...
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Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...social and political infrastructure. Rhetoric attacked legitimacy Although this election does not appear to be “hacked” in the manner that many predicted, I do believe that it was successfully and directly attacked, repeatedly. These attacks did not come in the form of hackers altering vote counts. Rather, the attacks on this election’s integrity came from assorted...
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Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...social phenomenon. People started creating literature around it, adding humour and sarcasm. And because not everyone is good at crying, the whole thing would be rehearsed beforehand, and women like my grandma played a great role as master trainers. I had a great time recording these unique songs and stories of my community. I uploaded them and made them available publicly...
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Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...social, political and cultural frameworks influence how people engage with the past in which identities are created and sustained. Historical knowledge has the power to influence how people value past eras and construct their lived experiences through their own interpretations. It also impacts on how they understand themselves and is significant because of its role in the...
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Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...work harder to do the social interaction. It’s also wrapped up in a whole load of past instances in that person’s life, where they’ve misread the situation. They thought they were doing the right thing, and it’s really backfired in their face. And they don’t know what’s going on. And they’ve had to really deal with the social consequences of that. And that...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...Social’ element in your work. You might be surprised by the range of possible factors that you find valuable. This is one of the advantages of taking a course like this: it opens up your thinking and suggests options and ideas you might not have considered before. Identify how important each factor is to you by using the following scale: 3 = Very important 2 = Important...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
The Long Table
Society, Politics & Law

The Long Table

...interests. It was initiated by artists and cultural organisations and encourages people to participate through special events. The Long Table is local, national, transnational and global in orientation and concerned with anti-discrimination, equality and social justice, education, research, knowledge production and information access. It began in 2013 and is ongoing....
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Geography Matters: A Collection
Society, Politics & Law

Geography Matters: A Collection

...with the OU, looking for some extra reading between modules, or just wanting to learn more about Geography, the Geography Matters collection is the place to be. If you are an existing OU student, there are more resources on the pages supporting Environmental Studies or Social Science. If you want to learn more about Geography at the Open University, visit our website....
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