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Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...world, and she got them to say what they thought. And some of them didn't like the Chinese. Some didn't like the Russians. Some didn't like the Germans. Some didn't like the Japanese. But it was quite varied. And she said that was an experiment in prejudices. And that word, prejudice, obviously comes from prejudging. And so for lawyers, it's a good way of remembering...
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...World War period. A succession of factors have come into play – uneven economic development, threats to regional cultures and languages, the decentralisation of some states, and more recently the impact of globalisation and European integration. The effects have been cumulative, with old factors continuing to operate while new ones were added, including, as we shall see...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...World Wide Web. The PC reached a 50 per cent household penetration rate in the USA only in 1999, while before 1990 the internet was used mainly by the US Defense Department, not for commercial purposes. However, as the two introductory quotations indicate, proclamations that we have entered a ‘new’ era are not new. In fact, the advent of electricity, the...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...world, it is also inevitable that personal information is stored in large-scale government and commercial databases. Unfortunately, breaches of these large-scale databases happen fairly frequently and, when they do, personal information can be leaked which will make you, and millions of others affected, vulnerable to scams and other identity crimes. This course analyses...
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...world. These themes include engineering design, rules that govern engineers, manufacturing for products and electricity generation using solar energy...Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines from design to manufacturing. This free course, Introducing engineering, introduces a number of key themes that explore how engineering is undertaken in our modern...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...world,” and within a month they’d started. So I had this model of people who made decisions and started on them. There was no barrier.’ (Saner, 2013) [Photograph of Camila Batmanghelidjh.] Figure 2 Camila Batmanghelidjh This newspaper report, in common with many before and after the collapse of Kids Company, refers to Batmanghelidjh as possessing personality beyond...
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...World in Europe, a society where there is freedom of conscience. Roger Williams thought of this new society as a ship. On this ship, in theory, there could be people of different religions, different types of Christians, Muslims, atheists, Jews. They were all welcome. They shared the ship. It was a ship where there was justice and fairness. Everyone had a choice about...
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...world is merely an illusion. What he’s doing, in effect, is waging a war against reality – which is almost precisely what commentators are now accusing Trump of doing over the governance of the country. Transcript Donald Trump As president of the United States. Lady Fookes Maybe people are more used to hearing or seeing people lying because we have the example over...