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Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...et al., 1987, pp. 51–2) Miller and Bennett were satirizing the philosophical trends of their time, but their sketch illustrates two views about philosophy that are still fairly widespread. One is that philosophers are out of touch with everyday life and the concerns of ordinary people. The other is that philosophical debates are very abstract and often come down to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...et al., 1999, Kojima, 2010). Ghrelin is often called the ‘hunger hormone’, although its name is derived from a different function – causing the release of growth hormone (Growth Hormone Release Inducing). It is released into the blood when the stomach is empty and travels to the brain. There, it acts on a control centre in the brain called the hypothalamus and makes...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...et al, 2018). Faodar a thuigsinn ann an seagh fìor-bheag (gnìomhachdan co-cheangailte ri ‘uallach pearsanta’, leithid gèilleadh ris an lagh is cìsean a phàigheadh), gu ruige seagh fìor-mhòr, a’ cuimseachadh air dèiligeadh ri ana-cheartas sa chomann-sòisealta, a mhìnich Westheimer is Kahne (2004) mar shaoranachd a tha ‘stèidhichte air ceartas’. Tha e...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...et al. (1963) SAQ 4 The back of a particular airline seat is 100 mm thick. Explain why it would be unreasonable to install 12 rows of seats in a cabin with a floor length of 7 m. Suggest, with a brief justification, a more reasonable number of rows. Answer The space available per seat with 12 rows in 7 m would be Of this, 100 mm must be allowed for the seat back, leaving...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...adapted to portray sounds which were not necessarily of identical quality in each language. Anglophone readers soon learn that the English ‘rules’ which relate particular letters and letter combinations to particular sounds (and which are notoriously irregular in English) do not apply in Gaelic. The Gaelic language has its own rules. For example, a ‘b’ in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...adaptation - I suggested that one way out of our contradictions is to begin to negotiate. This implies that negotiation and what you do during negotiation is a part of the business of ethics. Ethical texts normally focus on contradictions, but, as I also mentioned above, actually people do agree a lot of the time, so life is not all contradictions. Contradictions,...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...et al. (2003) candidly admit, that the discipline, if it exists, has an identity crisis. Maybe it is time to identify – for school geography, a subset of the wider discipline – a small number of defining concepts. This is a worthy goal for subject associations such as the Geographical Association (GA) to work for because, without such a list (which has to be short to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...et al, 1989). The underlying principle here being that if, for example, something is taken out of the earth, something else renewable must be substituted as compensation. The extreme of this idea would be not to take anything out of the earth at all, but that would perhaps be a little unrealistic. If there is no decline in natural capital, then the sustainability is seen...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs