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Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...systems are linked with health care systems appropriately to make sure that health and social care in Scotland is fit for the future. In Northern Ireland, the eHealth and Social Care strategy (Health and Social Care Board, 2016) identified their priorities for how digital technology would benefit their care sector. Among these were the ability for the wide range of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...System, demonstrates how she starts a literature review. As you read through, think about the process Julia describes and how you could apply the steps she takes to your EPQ research review. Starting a literature review. When you’re starting a literature review, where do you look for evidence? Any literature review requires a well-defined topic. Let’s assume the topic...
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Article 5 mins
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...systems of food production that sustain our lives. Therefore, we make no apology for using this section of the course to focus on food production, the changing demands we place on production systems, and how that has impacted on the landscapes and seascapes of Scotland. Although many other factors affect what we actually eat, just like any other animal we have to ingest...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...system as a whole. An ecosystem (from ‘ecological system’) is a collection of living things and the environment in which they live. The size and boundaries of an ecosystem, the bits to be studied, and the interactions to be investigated, are all determined by what we want to know. So an ecosystem can be large (a rainforest) or small (a pond) – and large ecosystems...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...system in anxiety and depression. Consistent with this view, the gamma-aminobutyric-acid (GABA) system, a target for tricyclic antidepressant medications, has long been recognised as relevant to understanding mood disorders. More recently, attention has shifted to an imbalance in glutamatergic neurotransmission with the finding that ketamine (an analgesic/anaesthetic...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...system overall should be inherently fair and unbiased. From this perspective, different people in the same or similar situations should be treated equally. This sense of fairness applies not just to the formal aspects of justice, but also to laws and regulations within society, such as health and safety planning and financial services. Substantive justice is about...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...systems is sort of supreme in the West. And I think what the important thing to recognise in this sort of conversation about Blackness and its construction is that this isn’t good science. It’s easy for us to say that in retrospect. But at the time, it was perceived as being, you know these are taxonomies. This is how we talk about humans. But they’re always...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...system, under which beer is taxed in proportion to its strength. Even Prince Albert enthusing about lager after a trip to Germany wasn’t enough to get British drinkers to switch. But you can’t keep the drinks industry down. The brewers promoted lager intensively after World War II. In the generation that came of age in the late 1960s – one thirsty for change –...
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