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The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria. To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons: a.violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; b.taking of hostages; c.outrages upon personal...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...religion, and about the fundamental nature of reality (these last are called metaphysical questions). And it is not clear that such questions have definite answers. Some people think one thing, others think another. So perhaps philosophy is just a matter of opinion. This is another common perception of the subject. But is it accurate? There is certainly no universal...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, has he not settled? What mystery has he not signified his knowledge of? What office or function, or district of man's work, has he not remembered? What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What...
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Article 15 mins
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...religion – the pontifex maximus; the relationship between Augustus and the divine Julius Caesar was celebrated. Augustus also traced his ancestral line back to the goddess Venus and claimed close ties with the god Apollo – and few people could boast of such close personal connections with the gods! Even the name Augustus had a sense of the revered and sacred about it....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...religion which is not represented in the community, come from traveller families, or have had extremely distressing experiences before joining the community in Wales. Are these groups understood within your school so that they can be participating members of the learning community?...3. Transforming learning: 3.1 A broad view of inclusion - Definitions of ‘inclusion’...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...religion and how those things affect the way that I move through the world, affect the way people perceive me, affect the way I interact with systems, the way I interact with education, the way I interact with whatever, that it describes that experience. Video 7 Kym Oliver As you heard from Kym Oliver in the video, intersectionality has always existed, though the term...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion – is outside the country they belong to or normally reside in – is unable or unwilling to return home for fear of persecution Limited to those who became refugees as a result of events occurring before 1951, and, by many states, to events in Europe 1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...religion, or socio-economic background...Truth, myth or mixture?: 2.2.1 Magistrates - 1919, the year the legal profession opened up to women, was also the year women could first become magistrates. Today, over half of magistrates are women (Magistrates Association, 2019). Ethnic diversity has taken longer to achieve. It would be another four decades before a minority...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs