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Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...2 will look at where you want to go, and the changes you want to make. This section will enable you to gather information and consider what options are available to you and lastly, Section 3 covers how to get to your planned destination. This involves creating your own action plan, looking up possibilities of work experience, voluntary work, networking, and creating...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...2 Absolutely, interrupting the work of the latest geography project. Audio 1 These tasks can be done on your own, but they are best done in a group, if possible. Draw your own ‘map’ of geography, referring to the resource on 'Mapping geography' above. Do you consider there to be a ‘chasm’ between geography as a discipline and the teaching of geography in school?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...2] (Based on the cover of the exhibition catalogue for ‘Clydebuilt: The River, its Ships and its People’, organised by the Clyde Maritime Trust Ltd.) © Riveter based on the cover of the exhibition catalogue for ‘Clydebuilt: The River, its Ships and its People’, organised by the Clyde Maritime Trust Ltd. Figure 2 Glasgow's industrial base was laid during the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...2 hours Part 1 Mathematics is a statutory part of most school curricula across the world. Which of the above reasons do you think would be the primary reason that governments legislate to ensure students learn mathematics? EXAMPLE THE FEATURE IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF E.G. EVERYDAY MATHS OR AN INTELLECTUAL PURSUIT RANK THESE EXAMPLES ACCORDING TO THE IMPORTANCE YOU PLACE ON...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things to know about being disabled and LGBTQ

...2: Other people’s responses are not your responsibility [band at disability pride] When, or if, you decide to ‘come out’ and tell the people in your life that you’re LGBTQ, remember that you’re not responsible for how they react. Family members sometimes want to grieve for the future that they’d assumed you’d have, but you’re not responsible for their...
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Article 10 mins
Acurad process
Science, Maths & Technology

Acurad process

...2 10 ​Design: Acurad process enables designers to design for higher allowable stresses. Wall section thicknesses can be reduced compared with die casting, with a consequent decrease in the volume of metal required per casting. Acurad castings can be used for pressure-tight, weldable and heat treatment applications. Castings have smooth surfaces. Intricate design details...
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Article 5 mins
Ultrasonic machining (USM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Ultrasonic machining (USM)

...2–5˚C using a cooler. Common tool materials are mild steel, monel, 521100 steel and molybdenum, and are chosen for their toughness and ductility, rather than their hardness. Surface damage should be avoided as it leads to premature fatigue failure. Tools are brazed, soldered or mechanically fastened to the tool holder, and the tool tip force is 0.45–45 kg (usually...
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Article 10 mins
The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland

...2 has 30, farmer 3 has 22. After, they have one large plot each. ] An example of the effects of reorganisation, Clooneagh, County Mayo Reveal answer: We were able to count 22, or 21 if you count the westernmost area as a single plot. It is also interesting to see that Jill Dale, writing on genealogy website County Mayo Beginnings, reported rundale being practised in...
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