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Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...John Wolffe, ‘Is “religious” violence really religious?’ in Alberto Melloni and Francesca Cadeddu, eds, Religious Literacy, Law and History: Perspectives on European Pluralist Societies (Abingdon: Routledge, 2019), pp. 120-6 is an expanded and more fully referenced version of material in this course....
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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...law and insurance, rather than technology. Q: Does that mean AI works better when operating with other AIs, rather than with humans? A: In theory, yes, AI would work better with other AIs because it could communicate with them at incredibly high speeds across a wireless network, or some other form of networking. It’s rather that humans are incredibly unpredictable....
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...law. For this reason, SE is widely accepted as the ‘correct’ form of English, with prestige and social power associated with it. Within most countries, the standard language of that country is the variety of language that is associated with formal schooling, language assessment, and official print publications, among other things. Despite the ‘standard’ part of...
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Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
Money & Business

Stefan Szymanski on the business of football

...Law Review, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 643-761. Sloane, P. (1971) ‘The economics of professional football: The football club as a utility maximiser’, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 17, pp. 121-146 Storm, R.K., Nielsen, K. (2012) ‘Soft budget constraints in professional football’, European Sport Management Quarterly, vol. 12, 183-201. Szymanski, S. (2003)....
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...law; however that did not cause a mass exodus as in the case of other ethnic groups. Luckily for them, in the eyes of the Inquisition, gypsies did not appear worthy of persecution. Therefore, the various regions of Andalusia became their home. Flamenco singing started to manifest in the 16th century. It amalgamated gypsy ritualistic habits with the local musical...
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Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...law practices Larger regional law practices Stationery suppliers IT suppliers Furniture suppliers Caterers Words: 0 Comment You might be surprised by the range of people and organisations with which an individual business – even a small one – typically engages. This might make you think about how an organisation manages its relationships with its customers,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...law and literature. This relation can be seen, for example, in the large number of athletic scenes decorating the ubiquitous black and red figure Athenian vases; the abundance of references to athletic traditions found in classical mythology; the sports-related metaphors of Plato’s philosophical texts; and the combination of altars, temples, accommodation for...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...law. But this, this is protected under that. In order to get protected under UK copyright law it needs to be fixed in writing or otherwise. But it needs to original. And by original we mean, basically, the threshold in the UK is so low except to talk about databases, the threshold for copyright and databases is a bit higher. But we’re not talking about databases today....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs