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Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...studying this course, you should be able to: define childhood and recognise how it is perceived recognise the underpinning principles for the law relating to social work with children and families identify the key policy guidance for social workers understand what is meant by ‘children’s’ rights’ and how are these promoted...Applying social work law with children...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...skills and technological processes to harness the vast amounts of information being generated by all these connected people and things. The goal of this course is to introduce you to fundamental concepts and technologies that enable the IoE and help you understand its benefits as well as potential risks. The course presents introductory material and is intended to be...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?
History & The Arts

Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?

...studies today. Going mainstream Tangerine offers a chance to revisit these issues, and is receiving similar levels of attention. It is filmed on a super low budget using a $8 phone app that delivers a close up, social realist edge to a story that crosses the boundaries of drama and documentary. The script was co-crafted with the lead actors and draws on their own...
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Article 5 mins
What is the zika virus?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the zika virus?

...study of the evolution of Zika virus concluded that it had probably emerged in east Africa in the early 20th century and spread to South-East Asia around the time of World War II. The Micronesian strain was clearly of Asian origin. Then, in 2013, a massive outbreak occurred in Polynesia, in the eastern end of the Pacific Ocean. With the arrival of the Zika virus on Easter...
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Video 5 mins
Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?
Languages

Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?

...study English in their spare time too, away from school desks. As the seasoned journalist Beppe Severgnini recently said while commenting on Brexit for the Italian daily Corriere della Sera (Severgnini knows the UK like the back of his hand, having worked as a London correspondent first and for The Economist afterwards), “the English language doesn’t solely belong to...
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Article 5 mins
If a pig gives you a new liver, do you give the pig rights?
History & The Arts

If a pig gives you a new liver, do you give the pig rights?

...study of developmental processes and diseases of many kinds. We are, at minimum, several steps and several years away from being able to create fully grown human-animal chimeras. But worries over the ethics of chimera research have been with us since the beginning of the 21st century. Ethicists have begun to map the space of difficult moral questions surrounding this...
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Article 5 mins
60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU
Society, Politics & Law

60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU

...study setting out five potential future paths for the EU, including a ‘federal leap’ that calls for still deeper integration. As European leaders consider such options for the future of the EU, their decisions should be informed by lessons from the history of the European project. Understandings of the history of European integration have been shaped by an evocative...
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Article 10 mins
Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?
Society, Politics & Law

Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?

...Studies), policing (EUROPOL), fundamental rights, justice, cybersecurity and many other fields. The UK should remain at the heart of international efforts to boost safety and the quality of life in all these areas. Among the more esoteric but nevertheless important is the wonderfully named Clean Sky Joint Undertaking. Clean Sky works with European aviation industries to...
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Article 5 mins