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Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...type of manufacturing is developed, but in the past 20 years, AM has been the process to buck the trend. Activity 1 Bucking the trend Timing: Allow about 10 minutes First consider the idea that AM has bucked the trend by being a new manufacturing technology. Then spend a few minutes searching for technologies that have helped AM develop as a viable manufacturing option....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...phrases like ‘second city of Empire’ and ‘a great European city’ reflect how Glasgow's (local) uniqueness has been constructed out of wider (global) interdependence. [Figure 1] Figure 1 Glasgow...Who belongs to Glasgow?: 1.2 The hard side of Glasgow - Prior to its currently projected image of dynamism, Glasgow was regarded as the place which best illustrated all...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...type of supranational criminology – and also an independent critical criminological perspective – is Green Criminology. This critical perspective is devoted to harms against the environment. The term ‘Green Criminology’ was first coined by Nigel South in the late 1980s. It has also been referred to as eco-critical criminology (Seis, 2003); conservation criminology...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...types of plankton). These plants are eaten by animals, which are eaten by other animals, and so on. But the sun is not the only source of energy involved in the workings of this particular ecosystem: the tides that sweep across the pool twice a day are driven up and down the beach by the gravitational pull of the moon. Introducing energy Energy is a concept that is used...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...types of intellectual property and the legal frameworks that apply to each type understand the issues that arise when drawing up contracts relating to acquiring or developing software explore the legal frameworks relating to software systems in a specific context...Software and the law: 1 Why law is necessary - Computers have become embedded in society, making certain...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...types. ‘Hard coat’ uses a thin layer of tin oxide, giving an emissivity of 0.15–0.2. ‘Soft coat’ uses very thin layers of optically transparent silver sandwiched between layers of metal oxide and gives an emissivity of 0.05 or better...Energy in buildings: 2.2.2 U-Values - Conduction, convection and radiation all contribute to the complex process of heat loss...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...de raip ‘s de spruidhlich catha. An robh an gille air an dream a mhab na h-Iudhaich ‘s na Comunnaich, no air an dream bu mhotha, dhiubh-san a threorakheadh bho thoiseach al gun deoin gu buaireadh agus bruaillean cuthaich gach blair air sgath uachdaran? Ge b'e a dheoin-san no a chas, a neoichiontas no mhiorun, cha do nochd e toileachadh ‘na bhas fo Dhruim...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...phrases which might be seen by more northerly Scottish Gaels as ‘Irishisms’, as shown by the examples below. Table 3 Differences and similarities between Goidelic languages IRISH GAELIC ARGYLL GAELIC NORTHERN SCOTTISH GAELIC ENGLISH ascaill asgaill achlais armpit citeal ceatal coire kettle comharsa coimhearsnach nàbaidh neighbour cosúil cosail coltach like,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs