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Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...introduction of juryless trials, sexual assault cases are likely to remain difficult to prosecute, and conviction rates may not improve significantly. Nevertheless, the proposed changes are an important step forward in the ongoing fight for justice for victims of sexual assault. It is also worth noting that the proposed changes to the Scottish legal system are not without...
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What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...Introduction à l’histoire du Buddhisme indien (1844), and Hermann Oldenberg’s Buddha: Sein Leben, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde (1881). Over the course of the nineteenth century, the European portrayal of Buddhism underwent a profound metamorphosis: from a form of idolatry practiced by pagans, to a religion, and a world religion, finally to something beyond the...
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Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...If you are interested in this topic and want to learn more about Shi’a Islam, you might want to consider the Open University module Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences. If you are interested in diversity and difference in Islam, you could look at Chapter 6, 'Diversity' in Islam A New Historical Introduction, by Carole Hillenbrand (2015)....
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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...needn't be an onerous task. Further Reading Music: an Appreciation Roger Kamien, McGraw-Hill Education What to Listen for in Jazz Barry Kernfield, Yale University Press. The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening Joseph Machlis and Kristine Forney, W W Norton & Co Ltd. Classical Music Edited by Joe Staines, Rough Guides. Discover more music content...
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Free tech tools to help you study
Digital & Computing

Free tech tools to help you study

...introduction to some of the free and accessible tech and software solutions out there. It’s not exhaustive list because there are so many options to explore. Once you’ve explored these, we hope you explore your options further – experiment with them and find out what works for you and how you enjoy studying. Things to try: build your own study toolkit Choose one...
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Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...Introduction - Software makes the world go round. Cars and TVs have software that controls how they work, and global commerce and finance are impossible without software that control the stocks, carry out payments, find the best transport route, etc. Coding (or programming) is the construction of software. Coding involves writing a ‘recipe’, which in computing is...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...Introduction - We start the week by thinking about why we teach pronunciation and what pronunciation to teach. You will also familiarise yourself with the main features of pronunciation. You will be asked to reflect on concepts such as intelligibility, fluency, foreign accent, language variation, articulation and acoustics. By the end of this week you will have:...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...Introduction - How are designs turned into products? What resources, materials and methods used and what set of activities that goes under the heading of 'manufacturing'? This course will introduce manufacturing as a system and will describe some of the many different ways of making products. We will illustrate how the required properties of the materials in a product...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs