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Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...world. Reference to a work on international human rights treaties would reveal over fifty different treaties, conventions and protocols (instruments which effect an amendment to a treaty or convention). Box 1: The verdict on public international law As this course (and the other W100 courses available on OpenLearn: Europe and the law, Judges and the law, Making and using...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...world. As a first step, how many other aquatic mammals can you list? Activity 1 Grouping aquatic mammals Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Using your general knowledge of mammals, make a list of aquatic mammals that you can recall, dividing them into two groups: aquatic and semi-aquatic. Discussion AQUATIC MAMMALS SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMALS whale hippopotamus seal otter sea lion...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...world. As you may also have guessed, there is some variation within the UK, with Scotland opting to raise the age from 8 to 12 in 2019 (you will learn more about this in Session 3). In 2007 the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child declared that an age of criminal responsibility below 12 is ‘not acceptable’. How does this move to raise the age to 12...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...world, introducing you to different types of malware, including viruses and trojans, as well as concepts such as network security, cryptography, identity theft and risk management. This course has been developed by The Open University with support from the UK Government's National Cyber Security Programme and can be accessed free of charge. Enrolling on the course will...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...world. So a system can be many different kinds of system simultaneously, depending on who is studying it and why. Different viewpoints of a system correspond to different sets of users and therefore different purposes. In this sense, it is a subjective ordering of reality. Example 3 A telephone system is a communications system to its users. For the engineers who set it...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...world sought a new abode, To a new England, a new Boston came, (That took, to honor him, that reverend name) Fed the first flock of Christ that gathered there— Till death deprived it of its shepherd's care— There well resolved all doubts of mind perplext, Whether with cares of this world or the next; Two centuries five lustra from the year That saw the exile leave his...
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Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...world. It is a maths teacher’s role to help their students to see the mathematics that is there. In this course various positions are considered to help you think about answering the question “Why do we have to do this?” Your answers will help you teach in ways that will not only enable your students to get the examination results that are so important for them, but...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...world. But it’s not just digital technology which plays a central role in the way we communicate. If you think of something as simple as scribbling down a note with a pen for someone to read, this involves technologies such as paper, ink and pen (there was a time, after all, before these had been invented). And of course, the most fundamental language technology of all...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs