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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?

...public consultation process (now open). Building on an earlier roundtable and new report, and some subsequent lively discussion, we hoped this new roundtable would replace confusion with clarity. As set out in our new report, some things are now clearer, and others are not. Let’s start with the former: First, in case it wasn’t already obvious, key human rights...
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Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate
Languages

Brexiteers and Broflakes: how language frames political debate

...public’s consciousness. In the case of ‘Brexit’, what’s significant is that the word itself contains the idea of an ‘exit’. And conversely, it doesn’t include anything to do with remaining or with Europe. In other words, every time the term is used, the idea of exiting is triggered – and in this way is likely reinforced. The ubiquity of ‘Brexit’ in...
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Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...public attitudes to the entry of migrants increasingly influence political agendas (OPAM 2018). As a result, migrants can experience harms and injustices. This is captured in this quote by Esteban Velázquez, a Jesuit priest and social activist, speaking of the need for an international tribunal on migration rights. ‘There’ll never be a thorough solution while...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...publics to tune into each narrative through the ‘babble’ of noise coming from the surrounding exhibition space. The third format took the audio out of the exhibition space into the public realm through the sending of ‘audio postcards’ (audio tweets). The art of listening In discussing the ‘art of listening’ vis-a-vis ‘the art of voicing’ in a previously...
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Article 15 mins
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...public and state existence. Many Irish language speakers in the north today will point to the founding of Gaeltacht Bhóthar Seoighe, the first urban Gaeltacht in Ireland in over 100 years, as the beginning of the current revival, which led directly to the birth of Scoil Ghaeilge Bhéal Feirste (now Bunscoil Phobal Feirste) in 1971, the north’s first Irish Medium...
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'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...public expenditure – has resulted in the move away from universalist to more targeted provision. Multi-agency partnership working and the commissioning and delivery of early intervention programmes for ‘at-risk’ children and youth is central to this model of current practice. Although the development of targeted youth services dates back to the late nineteenth and...
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Video 20 mins
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...public services available online, and by equipping schools and local communities with computers. Another term you may have encountered is that of the knowledge society which refers to the way in which new information systems can transform human societies. Included in the knowledge society is the idea of the ‘learning society’. The pace of change is so rapid today that...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...health outcomes. [A row of figures in different shades.] Different academic disciplines ask different sorts of questions about race. For example, historians of race may be interested in understanding the development of the idea of race or of race relations over time, social scientists may be interested in gathering empirical data about how racial inequalities are produced...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs