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What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?
Education & Development

What do Europe's new data rules mean for children online?

...code of practice for protecting children’s privacy online – by design, with the focus especially on provision for 13-17 year olds who are above the age of consent but still children. Last, also clearer is the age of consent that many countries are now choosing for children’s access to information society services (as provisionally indicated in the figure below –...
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Supporting women musicians in the workplace
History & The Arts

Supporting women musicians in the workplace

...code of conduct should be drawn up, which everyone participating is asked to sign up to. Ideally, schemes should involve some form of independent third-party oversight and/or supervision, so that another person (who is not party to any of the confidential exchanges between the participating pairs) is available should anything go wrong. Support for parents and carers Many...
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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...simple method could be to use the habitats of particular animals. For example, you could say that ‘Antarctica is where penguins live’, but there is a species of penguin found nesting on the coast of southern Africa and even a penguin species in the Galapagos Islands near the Equator! So that doesn’t work either...The frozen planet: 6.1 Habitats and temperatures:...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...simple line graph showing the increase in the number of deaths in police custody investigated by the Police Complaints Authority since 1995–96 (see Figure 4). [Figure 4] Figure 4 Increase in the number of deaths in police custody investigated by the Police Complaints Authority, 1995–99. Source: The Runnymede Bulletin, 1999, Figure 1, p.9 Line graphs are very useful...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...code?’ etc, etc… Just like China’s WeChat? Yes, like WeChat, exactly. And WeChat, obviously, is so incredibly developed. Tencent (WeChat’s developer), their network in China, same sort of idea. So, we’re working with KUDI and we’re going to be integrating KUDI’s chatbot into our app next week. Third place is Paylater, but to tell you the truth, I need to...
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Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...simple concept the young people helped design, to bring these opportunities into their communities. And with working as it is, hybrid models, we’ve got these companies in Cardiff that can employ people from the valleys, and without having to travel they can work. There is an opportunity and equally a challenge for Welsh organisations. So if we just centralise around...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...simple fare. The hosts had had a busy day and did not have time to shop or cook. The hosts did not think the occasion was particularly special. His hosts wanted him to try a traditional German meal. Activity 6 The best way to avoid unhelpful cultural generalisations is to find ways of checking whether your assumptions are correct. Think of three ways in which the author...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...simple: a tiny glass object about the size of a grain of rice is injected into the soft part of the hand between the thumb and forefinger – it’s as easy as drawing blood. The magnet implant process that Michael undertook at the cyborg fair is more invasive and not entirely painless. Later in the day, one enthusiast almost fainted and had to lie on the floor, feet up...
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