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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...change over the past fifty years or so. Far reaching social, economic, cultural and political change has led to significant shifts in the gender composition of the labour force and in sections of the economy. Further, a shift in the balance of workplace power towards owners and managers, and an increasing and widening pattern of disputes in the public sector in Scotland...
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Article 10 mins
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...changing the way that children form relationships? How is technology changing the way that children think, and how will it shape education as children begin to take up schooling again? This exciting new free course pulls together the latest evidence from experts in the field to explore these and other questions. Join us as we delve into the lives of children and discuss...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...changes in parenting and family life, and an increasingly competitive and stressful society. Activity 2 Researching media stories of young people's health Over the next few weeks look out for media stories about young people's wellbeing. Do they reflect the kinds of concerns – about physical health and mental wellbeing – that have been noted here, or do they embody...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...change. In Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 4, A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing, Buschmann et al. (2007) cite the following quote from Booch (2007, p. 214) which emphasises that design and architecture cannot be divorced from one another: All architecture is design but not all design is architecture. Architecture represents the significant design...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...changes that have occurred. Note that the virtual microscope tool will work in all modern browsers on desktop computers, laptops and tablet devices. However, we recommend completing the course on a desktop computer or laptop for better viewing of the sections and to enable integration of microscopy with the course text, images and video in separate windows...Week 1:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledge, social work engages people and structures to address life...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...climatic factors that vary in both time and space. The various operations and mechanisms within the cycle are illustrated in Figure 2. [Described image] Figure 2 The hydrological cycle (volumes are in Tm3 = 1012 m3)...Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment: 2 Sources of pollution - To some extent a river is a self-renewing resource. If polluting discharges to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...changed it was the advent of democracy, where suddenly the elite had to reach out beyond their own in order to try and change people’s minds. The modern age in rhetoric really begins with an address that lasted only two minutes in 1863 at Gettysburg. Presenter Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous Gettysburg Address during the American Civil War in 1863. It stands out...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr