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Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...Introduction - Judges play a key role in a common law legal system such as that of England and Wales. But to outside observers, the way they arrive at their decisions may be something of a mystery. This course seeks to shed light on this process. The course starts by explaining how judges make factual findings from evidence, how they choose how a case should be decided,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...Introduction - Maps and plans, architects‗ and engineers‗ drawings, graphs and tables: all are models we use in everyday life. This course will introduce you to the modelling process enabling you to recognise that systems models may be used in different ways as part of a process for: improving understanding of a situation; identifying problems or formulating...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Surplus Value
Society, Politics & Law

Surplus Value

...project Immigrant Movement International. It requires people to line up and pass a polygraph test concerning visa applications before they can be granted access to the inner gallery. Once inside a sign gradually reveals itself, the sign reads ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ (‘work liberates’) and is a 1:1 replica of a sign that was stolen from Auschwitz. It was initiated by...
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Article 5 mins
Question Bridge
Society, Politics & Law

Question Bridge

...project is a platform for Black men of all ages and backgrounds to ask and respond to questions about life in America. We created it to stimulate connections and understanding among Black men, but we also wanted to show the diversity of thought, character and identity in the Black male population so rarely seen in American media. In essence, we want to represent and...
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Article 5 mins
HR at the heart of the productivity shift
Money & Business

HR at the heart of the productivity shift

...manage’ or ‘mismanage’ their own productivity. The employee is nearly always complicit; striving to be more, do more, papering over the cracks of fundamental institutional flaws that rely largely on unpaid labour and goodwill. These conditions are exacerbated by the insatiable demands of 'time greedy' companies in a 21st capitalist world that never sleeps. In the...
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Article 5 mins
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...Introduction - A good deal of a student’s time is spent reading textbooks, academic books, journals, encyclopaedias, newspapers, magazines and websites. These are the sources of information and ideas that are needed to understand a subject. Watch the introductory video from the author, Anna Calvi, as she introduces the course and this week: Welcome to Week 1. This week...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Study online and find a subject that inspires you
Education & Development

Study online and find a subject that inspires you

...Introduction to English and Maths Fees and funding All undergraduate and postgraduate courses with The Open University can be found here and there's information on fees, funding and bursaries here. Nearly all of our undergraduate courses have no pre-entry requirements. The PFA NI can support you through degree level study, even without the need to have studied or...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring oak woodland
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring oak woodland

...introduction to this album. Touring an oak wood Professor David Streeter takes us on a guided tour of an English oak wood. Following a food chain From sunlight to sparrow hawks - Professors David Streeter and Chris Perrins track a woodland food chain. Looking for regeneration Professor David Streeter investigates the lack of young trees in a Sussex wood. Focusing on fungi...
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