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The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...social interaction in society, such as excluding certain liability in contract law or imposing liability for certain types of anti-social behaviour. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course W101An introduction to law...The law-making process in England and Wales: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...work? Who were the attackers? What lessons can be learnt? This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course TM255 Communication and information technologies...Learning from major cyber security incidents: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts, issues and technologies...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...worked over the years to develop feature-rich applications and enterprise ready systems, that not only compare to, but exceed proprietary options, must feel like pinching themselves. [Door outside in the woods] You can open some things, but it doesn't always mean there's any value to it Long gone are the arguments around viability (is the open source option “enterprise...
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Article 5 mins
The Life of Saint David
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint David

...work on the lives of the saints tells the story of Wales' patron saint...[St David] About the Year 544. ST. DAVID, in Welch Dewid, was son of Xantus, prince of Ceretica, now Cardiganshire. He was brought up in the service of God, and being ordained priest, retired into the Isle of Wight, and embraced an ascetic life, under the direction of Paulinus, a learned and holy...
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Article 10 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Thrown to the political wolves

...working politics at Stormont, but more a first response to that formal ending of the IRA armed campaign; and “the starting pistol being fired on normalisation”. Those words were spoken to me in a face-to-face meeting with Mervyn Wynne Jones on that Saturday, July 30th 2005. At the time, he was the chief press officer at Army Headquarters in Northern Ireland. As I...
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Article 5 mins
Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...work while the water retreated. When he returned after 4 months the saltwater had left his field unsuitable for raising shrimp, effectively ending the basis of his family’s survival. 190 people are estimated to have died from the cyclone and 2 million are displaced across the south-west of Bangladesh (Shelter Projects, n.d.). The stories of death and devastation from...
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Article 5 mins
Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...work out the dates of important Islamic festivals. The Eid al-Adha takes place during the twelfth month. According to the Hijri calendar, the months are 29 or 30 days long, and 354 days in all. This means that the lunar year is 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the solar year. As a result, each year Eid-al-Fitr and the other major Muslim festivals are 10 or 11 days...
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Article 5 mins
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...work completely emotionally. I cannot intellectualize about the role of music in film. I decide if it should be there purely by my emotions.’ Jerry Goldsmith, composer for Alien (1979), The Sum of All Fears (2002) and the Star Trek films (1979–2002), quoted in Thomas, T. (1991) Film Score: The Art and Craft of Movie Music, Burbank, CA, Riverwood Press, p. 293. ‘In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs