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Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...laws also act as guarantees of the rights of a state's citizens in relation to the state and each other. Ideally, and often in practice, the population of the state forms a community of feeling or identity based on its own sense of national identity. Members of a nation state are citizens; they are not purely subject to, but also participate in, processes of government....
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...laws of our natural world. You are, paradoxically, seeing the invisible. Turning to the Christ-Child, note that it is extremely difficult to ascertain His age. He is supposed to be a baby (certainly no more than a toddler), but He looks more like a miniature grown man. Closer observation reveals that His Mother’s left arm, which should be supporting Him physically,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...law and she'll be one of the family members’. He brought the girl home and we talked, and I think the girl is alright. Then we ask her and her to bring her parents. The first thing the parents asked, 'I would not like my daughter to be converted'. I said ‘we Hindus don't convert anyone. Is the Christian people or Muslims who convert.’ I said openly. I said if she...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...laws and daily practices were a constant reminder that the Nationalist/Republican community was a minority in a state that belonged to the majority Unionist/Loyalist community. Nowhere was this exclusion felt more strongly than in the policing of Northern Ireland. Jon Tonge notes that the Special Powers Act of 1922 gave the predominantly Protestant security forces in...
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Article 5 mins
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...Law and Social Change, vol. 48, no. 1–2, pp. 9–25 Lynch, M. and Stretesky, M. (2010) ‘Global warming, global crime: A green criminological perspective’, in White, R. (ed) Global Environmental Harm – Criminological Perspectives, Cullompton, Willan Ruggiero, V. and South, N. (2010) ‘Green Criminology’, Special Edition of Critical Criminology – An...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...law had given birth to twins and my son was desperate for me to come back to England to help look after my grandchildren. As I was no longer a first timer, I knew I’d be better prepared for life in England this time so, I heeded the call and set out for a second journey to Manchester. My community work in Africa had engaged my interest in family support, therefore my...
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Article 15 mins
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...laws, justice, human rights—and the money paid out in fees. Excerpt from: Harari, Y. N. (2014) Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind New York. Random House, pp. 25–27. What term is missing? Answer The word we were looking for here is ‘myth’. The term ‘myth’ doesn’t imply that religion or nation states are not real. Harari’s version of reality aligns with...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...law. Several questions came to mind when I read this. Does that mean I can’t legally put the music on my MP3 player? Copying from one format to another is legal in the USA but, although the law is under review, it is not legal in the UK at present (although people in the UK are not deterred from doing it). Will I be in trouble only if I distribute copies of the CD to...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs