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Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...feedback you receive and the progress you make. It is important that your research diary is right for you and assists your research, so it is worth considering alternatives before deciding upon the format you want to use. Throughout your research you should keep a record of your notes and reflections on the material you generate and collect. This can be used to actively...
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...classes complained how their tax bills had shot up. The Government was under pressure to do something. The Times newspaper noted in 1922: ‘There are signs of an astonished realisation of the alarming bill for civil pensions that in a few years will be a millstone on the taxpayer’s neck.’ The Anti-Waste League, formed by Lord Rothermere, had put up candidates and won...
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...class actions, interdict and compensation. These will have created an impression of the work of courts and why they exist. Activity 1 asks you to consider what you may have already heard about the role and structure of courts. Activity 1 Thinking about courts Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Take a few moments to think about what you have heard or seen about courts and court...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...class, etc. RH: Surely that is a mistake, because there was the report out recently, the Calderón Report, a follow-up to Nick Stern’s report into climate economics, making it really clear that we are only going to solve climate change if we have new forms of development in countries in the South, so that’s exactly where the emphasis needs to go and the great global...
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...class and cultural assumptions – for example, that eye contact is a good thing to encourage, that families will have warm housing so babies can lie without clothes on, and that there is enough money around to choose particular baby-attracting furnishings for the home. Families who are part of some ethnic groups prefer to wrap their babies close to the body, and some may...
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...classes, we will ask people to practise skills at home for 20 minutes each day.’ Following this text there is a bullet-pointed list beginning: ‘We will help you to: use helpful coping skills’, a lengthier bullet-pointed list is implied but is unseen by the viewer] Figure 1 The information sheet above (Figure 1) was created for illustrative purposes in that it was an...
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...class or a Zoom lecture, and how that impacts our digital wellbeing. So, all of those, sort of, main areas of the framework. We have those six main areas of the framework, which then stem off into a further 15 areas of digital proficiency. When thinking about a digital capabilities framework, it is important to define the following in order to ensure that you understand...
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey 68. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others....Week 1 Microgravity and the International Space Station: Introduction - In this first week you will look at weightlessness, zero gravity and microgravity in the context of a parabolic...