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‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...study, because having succeeded in establishing a new life with a new family and a career in Scotland, she was intent on ensuring others were supported to do the same. In 2001 the NHS was again short of qualified staff and turned once more to migrant labour. Aware of the challenges they might face, Sofi was determined to make their experiences more positive. A New Phase...
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Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. Learning outcomes After completing this course, you will be able to: understand the complexity and multifaceted nature of adolescent mental health appreciate the variety of strategies that can be employed to support young people recognise resilience as a quality and skill that can...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the notion of the academic study of popular music (sometimes referred to as Popular Music Studies) consider the extent to which the sexual revolution brought about greater equality of opportunities for female popular musicians, such as Janis Joplin situate the position of female American popular musicians, such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...skills and eyesight, especially in under-fives, for whom so much brain development is taking place. Technology companies and app developers are throwing their marketing prowess at the problem, slapping words like “educational” and “e-learning” on their products, often without any scientific basis. So what are parents to do? [A six week old baby gazes at a first...
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Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...Studies qualification. [Sign saying 'EXAMS AHEAD' next to books] EHE students have to pay in full and sit exams as private candidates, organising their own exams with willing exam centres; at a school, college or independent exam centre, often not local. With Teacher Assessed Grades (TAG), the teacher completing their assessment/timed mock-exam-style assessments had to be...
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Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...study each of the sections; the whole extract should take about 16 hours to study. The extract is a small part (around 7%) of a large module that is studied over eight months, and so can give only an approximate indication of the level and content of the full module. The extract, which contains the first introduction to algebra in the MU123, is relatively self-contained...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Opening up history: art in the Reformation
History & The Arts

Opening up history: art in the Reformation

...study, my undergraduate tutor asked me what themes in history I was interested in and what languages I knew. I was interested in early modern gender and religion and spoke a little German. Those questions set me on my way – during my Master’s I studied the correspondence of Abbess Caritas Pirckheimer who resisted pressure to close her convent during the Protestant...
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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...study is that, combined with vocabulary choice, it is our main way of making meaning. Linguists have studied the relationship between word and grammar choices on one hand and meaning or function on the other. This free course, Grammar matters, introduces you to one particular way of understanding how meanings relate systematically to different aspects of grammar – the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs