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What is Law?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Law?

...changed hands, and then the seller refuses to hand it over. At common law, the buyer would get their money back, but in equity the seller could be ordered to give the painting to the buyer. STEPHANIE PYWELL: OK, but what happens if someone just refuses to comply with the order? CAROLINE DERRY: This is where equity has teeth! If a person doesn’t obey a court’s order,...
Video 10 mins
Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...change to ensure diversity and inclusivity, where their roles will allow. Although we are influenced and led by the institutional culture surrounding us, we share individual and collective responsibility for challenging these norms. It is within this context that a review of recruitment practice has been undertaken by a project team consisting of academic managers within...
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...change? Theft £5,000 and/or 6 months imprisonment 5 Have you kept money found in the street? Theft £5,000 and/or 6 months imprisonment 6 Have you taken ‘souvenirs’ from a pub/hotel? Theft £5,000 and/or 6 months imprisonment 7 Have you ever left a shop without paying in full for your purchases? Making off without payment £5,000 and/or 6 months imprisonment 8 Have...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...changed nor can additions be made to them because any particular meritorious case seems outside their ambit. The common law must be sought in law books by writers of authority and in the judgments of judges entrusted with its administration. The law books give no assistance because the works of living authors, however deservedly eminent, cannot be used as authorities,...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...changes in superficial physical characteristics (e.g. length of hair, clothes). Stage 2: Gender stability Children recognise that gender is stable over time: boys will grow up to be daddies, and girls will grow up to be mummies. However, the unchanging nature of gender – that it remains the same regardless of changes in superficial appearance or activity choice – is...
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...change and a thoroughgoing transformation of Europe from the years of the Cold War and the World War that preceded it. This course focuses on the different understandings of Europe that underlie the debates and disputes over the development of Europe. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Geography...What is Europe?: Learning outcomes - After...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...changes in mood at school or at home during adolescence are often seen as a sign that a young person is simply ‘acting out’ their frustration at struggling academically or socially. Adolescence is a period of significant physical and emotional change, brain development in particular, so it is important to understand the underlying reasons for changes in mood and...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...climate in which critical reflection and valuable learning can take place...Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers: 2.2 Balancing support and challenge - As with any effective student-centred learning, development and progression in Initial Teacher Education is based on achieving the right balance between support, appropriate to the stage in their...