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Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...based here on Fish Island that actually enables local communities to come and interact. It’s a place for people to come and have coffee, meet their neighbours, but at the same time it provides a space for exhibitions for local artists. Because of the way the area’s developing, a lot of artists need affordable space, and we have 32 creative individuals and studios here...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 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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Article 5 mins
Legal skills and debates in Scotland Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...based on your prejudice, but keep as much as you can an open mind. And she said of the 222 children that she asked, only two put that they didn't know enough to make a comment that was fair on people from these different nations. And she thought in a sense that was the right answer. But she wasn't blaming the children. She was saying that the culture affects the way in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...based on the smooth performance of a practised skill. Yet others appear not to be made intentionally at all, but are dictated by sudden changes in knowledge or circumstances – for example, when trying to decide between one route and another and finding that one way is blocked. In practice, other options may still be available but it appears as though the decision has...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...la nature sensible et irritable des parties du corps animal [Treatises on the Sensitive and Irritable Nature of Parts of the Animal Body], 1756–60, in which he discussed the results of his investigations on the physiology of nerves and muscles. Vivisection on animals, as is shown taking place here, was a staple procedure of the research. Note also the collection of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...based on your analysis of a text...How to be a critical reader: 1.3 Thinking about what a text is saying and doing - When you read critically it is important to ask yourself first what the text is saying and then what it is doing: for example, how it develops an argument. This is called the function of a text. A part of a text can also have a function. Understanding what...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...based on their personal and professional values. They articulate this vision at every opportunity and influence their staff and other stakeholders to share the vision (Bush and Glover, 2003, p. 5). Note down your thoughts about these differing views of leadership. You might find it useful to discuss your views with a colleague. [Described image] Figure 1 Educational...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Internships and other work experiences Badge icon
Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...based higher education course the intern is working for a registered charity or voluntary organisation and is receiving limited expenses, such as for food and travel (but if they receive any money that can’t be regarded as a reimbursement of expenses, this counts as payment and they should therefore be paid the national minimum wage) the intern is work-shadowing –...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs