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Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...central characteristic of capitalism. People can own the means of production. All this really means is that other people either aren’t allowed to use it or must use it on the owner’s terms. So if you don’t own any means of production, you must arrange a deal that is satisfying to someone who does in order to get your means of subsistence and thus survive. [Text on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...central bank. Tracker mortgage: Variable rate mortgage where the interest rate is guaranteed to be a specified amount above an official rate and automatically adjusts when that rate changes. Discounted rate mortgage: Variable rate mortgage which offers a discount to the standard variable rate for an initial period. Fixed rate mortgage: The interest rate is fixed at a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...central nervous system (CNS) of immunised subjects. The vaccine included molecules from the rabbit CNS, which led to a breakdown in some of its recipients of the normal tolerance to self-molecules found in the CNS. This occurred in only a small proportion of those immunised, but nevertheless the consequences could be fatal. [Figure 4] Figure 4 Louis Pasteur (left)...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...central to many non-profit, public sector and social marketing campaigns where there is a need to communicate important information about the campaign to the audience. This does not preclude an emotional element, but an emotional appeal without information detailing the cause or issue would not make for an effective campaign in these contexts. There are four common...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...central government, charitable foundations, companies or from some other statutory bodies. Many voluntary organisations, for example, have received funding from the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund or the Heritage Lottery Fund. This is usually restricted income. Contracts and tenders: these are usually with a government organisation to provide specific...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...central platform of our strategy. We realised quite early that Government cannot directly influence intergenerational language transmission. We can only take indirect measures that support the creation of an environment that is conducive to intergenerational language transmission in homes and communities. Our research indicated that there were three broad instruments for...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...central coherence. Attention to visual detail has been studied with the embedded figures test, where the task is to find a simple shape such as a triangle, embedded in a larger figure. Some people on the autism spectrum find the embedded shape more easily and quickly than neurotypical people, suggesting that they are focusing on the details, not on the overall shape and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...central part of many roles in the workplace. Within an HEI, you will use various digital tools, software and systems. For the purposes of this section, we will refer to them as ‘digital tools’. Some of these will be bespoke (the organisation has designed and built them), but most will have been brought in from third-party suppliers. These ‘digital tools’ are often...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs