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Working mothers in Scotland's railways
Society, Politics & Law

Working mothers in Scotland's railways

...manager should arrange for a specific risk assessment of the job to be carried out and discuss this with the employee. When returning to work the employee should alert the manager if she is breastfeeding in order that they can consider any risks and make any necessary arrangements. If the employee has any specific concerns, she should raise this with her manager who can...
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Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...managing human interventions associated with socio-economic and environmental development. So what is systems thinking? Why might systems approaches provide better support for strategic planning? Moreover, how might such approaches support systemic success? This free course, Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP), is divided into two parts – Part 1...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Introduction - Research completed by Donne Women in Music in 2024 found that 92.5 per cent of orchestral repertoire performed worldwide in the 2023/24 concert season was written by men, while music written by women made up just 7.5 per cent. (Donne Women in Music’s research was based on an examination of the repertoire presented by 111 orchestras based across 30...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...project management software at work, shared calendars, spreadsheets) which tasks take longer which tasks you do less well than other people which tasks get in the way of other things you’d like to do with your time? What do I do routinely each week? Well, I guess I check the school website a lot. I'm a bit obsessive about it now because I missed an important date in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...introduction of border controls by EU member states should have no bearing on those crossing borders to seek asylum. Under the 1951 Refugee Convention, set up in response to the tragedy of the Holocaust, member states have an obligation to assess all asylum claims on their territory. Anyone seeking asylum is entitled to do so under international law. But there’s a...
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What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide

...introduction...[Black background with a halogen light strip positioned diagonally from top left corner to right-hand corner in the middle. Text saying "In the 1920s, workers at the Hawthorne Works in Chicago were observed to be more productive in better-lit conditions" is positioned above the light.] [A bright yellow halogen bar light is positioned horizontally across the...
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Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...introduction to programming you have seen the fundamental building blocks that almost every programming language provides: variables and assignment (=) to store and update data arithmetic operators (+, -, *) simple data types (strings and numbers, both integers and floating point) data structures (lists) sequence (one instruction per line) iteration (for and while loops)...
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Darwin and language diversity
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and language diversity

...introduction to this album. A Darwinian approach to language What happens when you apply Darwin to the development of language? Mark Pagel and Quentin Atkinson explore the parallels. Conservation and diversification In the tree of Indo-European languages, some words are remarkably similar across several languages, whilst many other words are remarkably different....
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