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

The law-making process in England and Wales

...system because we think it’s basically unfair. People’s votes don’t count the same. You can be in some parts of the country where if you vote Labour, you’ll never get a Labour MP and your vote is wasted. And other parts you can vote Conservative or Liberal Democrats and your vote is wasted because you’ll never return under first-past-the-post system, the current...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...think it is safe to introduce an automated system which would make this inequitable system more efficient? Another way of putting this question might be: do you think it is safe to design an efficiently inequitable system? Given the choice of deploying such technology with the result of a more efficient yet inequitable system, or delaying such ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...think this isn’t possible, or that it seems impractical or unrealistic, and you may be correct in thinking this. On the other hand, you may also think that it’s important to be inclusive of others, and that social spaces should be inclusive in nature. Your thinking in this respect might, for example, encompass learning environments or workspaces, and the individual...
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Article 5 mins
Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...systems and had conversations about ‘saving the environment’. You may be making connections with nature by cultivating responsibility for a patch of woodland to ensure the next generation will care more about local wildlife than the current one. I’m an early years practitioner and woodland enthusiast and I confess that there have been times when putting a plastic...
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Article 10 mins
How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Science, Maths & Technology

How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?

...think you have cancer symptoms in these strange times? This articles explains...Cancer patients and their families are likely to feel anxious about the continuity of their treatment plan during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have collected a series of frequently asked questions regarding patients with different stages of disease. This advice has been gathered from various...
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Article 10 mins
Porn licensing isn't the answer
Digital & Computing

Porn licensing isn't the answer

...thinks children can be protected from web porn by building barriers. Good luck with that, says Andrew Smith...[A poster with an anti-pornography message] Won't someone think of the children? The UK government and many other interested international bodies are duly concerned about the proliferation of internet pornography. The latest development under consideration is the...
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Article 5 mins
Kant on trust
History & The Arts

Kant on trust

...thinks that when you decide what to do, you should act on a principle that others could adopt and act on; you should not treat yourself as an exception to the rule. This is Kant’s version of the Golden Rule, “do as you would be done by” that is found in many different religious and ethical systems. Secondly, Kant thinks that you must not use other people in ways to...
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Article 5 mins
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...think critically about the norms of ‘good citizenship’ and consider how psychologists themselves can be activists. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD317 Advancing social psychology...Social psychology and politics: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand why social psychologists are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs