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Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Dominic Willmott
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Dominic Willmott

Lee Curley and Dominic Willmott discuss their interests in the field of jury research, and recent developments in this area of study...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. Podcast transcript
Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens

Lee Curley and Kay Lynn Stevens compare how juries, trials, and jury research studies work in the UK and in the United States...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. Podcast transcript
What are the three types of Bill?
Society, Politics & Law

What are the three types of Bill?

...start their lives as Bills in the Houses of Parliament. Here's a quick guide to the three type of Bill...Find out more about The Open University's Politics courses and qualifications [Cromwell Statue at the Houses Of Paliament] What is a Bill? An Act of Parliament starts off as a Bill. A Bill is a proposal for a new piece of legislation that – if approved by a majority
The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub
Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

...Law and Business Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Law and Business students. More Introductory level courses in Humanities and Social Sciences Suggested courses for SWAP Access to Humanities and Social Sciences students. More Introductory level courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Suggested courses for SWAP Access to STEM. More...
Darwin and Inheritance
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Inheritance

...laws of inheritance. The tracks on this album, drawn from an Open University programme first broadcast in 1998, explore the discoveries of scientists such as the botanist Mendel, and the chemist Friedrich Miescher who first identified DNA, and see how they come together with Darwin's theory of evolution to form the concepts which lie at the heart of modern genetics....
Is trick-or-treating legal or not?
Society, Politics & Law

Is trick-or-treating legal or not?

...laws around Halloween and its celebration. For instance: In some American states, there is a lower and/or upper age limit for trick-or-treating. In Jordan, celebrating Halloween is illegal. In some parts of France, permission is needed to dress as a clown. Some Canadian provinces have curfew times for trick-or-treating. But what’s the precise situation in the UK? The UK...
There’s only one woman on the UK Brexit negotiating team – here’s why that matters
Society, Politics & Law

There’s only one woman on the UK Brexit negotiating team – here’s why that matters

...laws that are made. The Equal Pay Act of 1970 and the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 were both passed by parliaments that were 96% male and 4% female. Both pieces of legislation are great achievements on the surface but both were deeply flawed. The original equal pay rules required a job evaluation survey, effectively meaning that women had to seek permission from their...
From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...Scots loch. [Anglo-Saxon Church carving St. Mary and St. Hardulph Church. Breedon on the Hill [Image: Walwyn under CC-BY-NC licence]] Anglo-Saxon Church carving St. Mary and St. Hardulph Church. Breedon on the Hill [Image: Walwyn under CC-BY-NC licence] OE, also called Anglo-Saxon, was not heavily influenced by the Celtic languages spoken by the native inhabitants of the...