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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...based Wellbeing and Advocacy Hub, a One-Stop Shop, for culturally competent support, professional services, and peer-led guidance. Initiatives that centre community expertise and create holistic, empowering spaces can alleviate systemic burdens, reduce isolation, and foster meaningful, lasting change. Summary Raising an autistic child in an increasingly hostile social and...
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Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...base of social and political issues of the time and to enhance my confidence and self-esteem. At this time, I worked in a male-dominated industry as a bus driver for the Scottish Bus Group, based in the Paisley depot. When I started there in 1980/81 I was one of only two women drivers at our garage. My trade union was also very much male dominated. It was at this point I...
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Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...based on lithium aluminium silicate, LAS, which crystallises in hexagonal planes of atoms leading to a curious response to heat. Its expansion coefficient depends on direction within the crystal: +6.5 × 10−6 K−1 in the plane of the hexagon and −2.0 × 10−6 K−1 perpendicular to the hexagon. Yes – a negative coefficient of expansion. As the atoms spread...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...de Jules Ferry. Discours sur la politique extériure et coloniale, (1893–1898), p. 210–12 ‘[T]he superior races have a right vis-à-vis the inferior races [...] I repeat that the superior races have a right, because they have a duty towards them. They have the duty to civilise the inferior races [...] Can you deny, can anyone deny, that there is more justice, more...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...base can no longer be relied on to secure a majority, even with the loyal support of big business and the military/industrial complex. The demographic sands are shifting fast. By the middle of this century Spanish will be the first language of a majority of Americans. If only 36.4% vote, is the US still a democracy? It all too often escapes attention that, in the 2014...
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Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...based issues? What constitutes the evidence base on which decisions about science should be made? BREAK Session 4 Science and society now Stephen Webster Science Communication Group, Imperial College 15.50 to 17.00 If something is technically feasible, should it be allowed? Who has the right to speak about scientific issues? Should non-scientists contribute to...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery
History & The Arts

Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery

...La(r)mond, Wood, Walker, Elliot, Gordon and Mowatt. In the famous Bob Marley and the Wailers’ reggae band, Tosh is short for McIntosh. Other Jamaicans with Scottish names are Naomi Campbell (model), Shelley-Ann Fraser-Price (athlete) and Sol Campbell (footballer). [A cartoon of two figures wearing traditional Jamaican clothing] Glasgow University’s action in...
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Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...based on the following: Cost – Social marketing programmes can cost considerable amounts of money. Criticisms of these expenditures are heightened as they are often financed by public money in times of resource constraints and therefore have a high opportunity cost. A related issue is that of the problems involved in assessing the success of these programmes. The long...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs