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Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...law that protect people from ageism, the legal duties of the public sector in Wales, and practical steps you can take as an individual to challenge ageism and age discrimination. This course has been developed for public sector workers in Wales, but it is free to access and valuable for anyone with an interest in ageism and age discrimination. This course was co-developed...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...law. You will learn about the emergence of the youth justice system in England and Wales and how it has changed over the years. A comparative approach provides opportunities to learn about the approaches taken in Northern Ireland and Scotland. You will explore topical issues surrounding young people and crime, such as how rates of victimisation and offending vary, with...
They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda
Society, Politics & Law

They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda

...law,” it’s biblical Those things that look like cages aren’t really cages Ok, we’d just rather you not use the word “cage” No, these aren't cages, @SteveDoocy says. The authorities simply "built walls out of chain-link fences." Yes, that's a real quote from Fox just now. pic.twitter.com/7oVQ6oE85x — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 18, 2018 We don’t know...
Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women
History & The Arts

Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women

...law without delay. Unless this official Government pledge is made to us we shall continue our opposition to the candidature of Mr. Churchill and other Government candidates." The opposition of suffrage supporters to Churchill's relection played a major part in the upset of Churchill losing the election to the Conservative William Joynson-Hicks on 24th April, 1908;...
Just six numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Just six numbers

...laws and the numbers governing it have tremendous ramifications from which our Big Bang has evolved into the complex cosmos we inhabit, where on at least one planet creatures have evolved which are complicated enough to worry about it all. Martin Rees was explaining his theory to the Open University programme Final Frontier. To find out more about Martin Rees' six key...
Do we really want speed on our roads to be further reduced?
Society, Politics & Law

Do we really want speed on our roads to be further reduced?

...of older models? Would motorists baulk at such a 'nanny state' initiative, claiming an assault on their freedom and human rights? Or is it really OK to drive above the speed limit as long as no-one catches you? It's an almost Zen-like question. If a motorist drives too fast through a forest road and there is no-one there to see them, are they still breaking the law?...
Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring
Nature & Environment

Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring

...laws into the techniques of automated eruption detection and quantitative monitoring. Development of a general method The suite of lava flow samples from Mount Etna, Italy (1999 - 2017) were investigated (spectral emissivity measured), using laboratory-based Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy at 0.4 to 14.5 μm wavelength range and moderate-to-high...
Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
Society, Politics & Law

Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love

...law, it’s against the fucking law!” Sutton screams. But we aren’t listening anymore: we’re watching Alison and Saul watch her, and the camera asks us to identify with Alison when she delivers her caustic rebuke: “That woman, she’d let the country burn as long as she got the Pulitzer Prize.” Saul’s exasperated frown says it all – he looks like he just...