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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...health Susannah Cullen died in 1796 (Lovejoy, 2006). Her death was followed by Equiano who died in London in March 1797 and their eldest daughter Anna Maria after she contracted measles age four years in July 1797 (Downs, 2020). [Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano, the Queen's House, Greenwich]Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano (Photo by ©JRennocks)Show description The commemorative...
Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...health of the cables? KEITH PERRYMAN Exactly, the difference being that we have fifteen microphones placed over the entire length of each cable and we’re listening all the time. ALICE ROBERTS Continuously, twenty-four hours? KEITH PERRYMAN Absolutely. ALICE ROBERTS The microphones began their round-the-clock vigil in August 2006, and straightaway the computers began to...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
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

...health risks and potential harm from drink-fuelled crime, that’s the more insidious aspect of Peak Booze: the mental baggage it has left us with. I wouldn’t say any of my close friends are alcoholic, but a fair few of us are more dependent than we’d like on that cold glass of white wine or cheeky gin and tonic at the end of the day. It’s important to me to know...
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...mental picture of Glasgow entertained by non-Glaswegians, particularly those from south of the Border. This alerts us to the fact that the city's image is something which is socially constructed. And, like all social constructions, it is contested. So what does the trajectory of Glasgow's image look like in historical terms? Before even answering this question, think...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...mental health, and has a myriad of personal, social and emotional benefits, for children as well as adults. A study by the National Literacy Trust (NLT) found that: Children and young people who enjoy reading very much and who think positively about reading have, on average, higher mental wellbeing scores than their peers who don’t enjoy reading at all and who hold...
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...mental ill-health by the cruelty of fellow human beings. Typically these stories begin in childhood experiences of racist bullying; they continue through covert and overt displays of racism in the workplace, repeated to varying degrees of intensity depending on the context. Whereas tragic stories deal in questions of (in)justice, horror stories are more psychotic in...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...mental representation of what your experience might be like. But the limitations on my understanding of the world are even more fundamental than this. My mental image of the world is a model. It is a partial representation of reality based on the partial knowledge I have of the external world. So, when I think I am thinking about the world I am thinking about my model of...
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...mental calculations. An important skill in accounting is also the ability to manipulate simple equations. This week you will also be introduced to the accounting equation which is the foundation of the double-entry system of accounting. Being able to understand and express the accounting equation in different forms is crucial to understanding and preparing the balance...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs