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Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...education 1915-20; McIvor and Patterson on employers’ anti-labour activities. ii. Kenefick, William and McIvor, Arthur J., eds. (1997) Roots of Red Clydeside, 1910-1914. Edinburgh: John Donald. Abstract This study, embracing recent and mostly new research, places Red Clydeside in context and gives perspective to the role of the First World War as an incubator of...
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Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...education. In this course you will explore childhood development and some biological and psychological conditions that affect children and young people. These will take the focus of asthma, intellectual and development disorders, depression and anxiety and eating disorders. This course will be based on the biopsychosocial model of health. This model of health has been in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...technologies driving real-world quantum computing, exploring how researchers and companies are working to make quantum computers a reality. By the end of this course, you will have a grasp of quantum computing fundamentals, its computational advantages, and the technological advancements shaping its future. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...education to elevate English literature from the 1920s – to impose a canon of Oxbridge approved ‘classics’ on the captive audiences in schools and universities. It is no accident that ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ (the pen-name of C.M. Grieve) began a crusade on behalf of Scottish culture at just that time, nor that one of his chosen platforms was the Scottish Educational...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...technology has improved, we have tried to construct software systems that can deal with larger and more complex problems. In order to provide such solutions, the software systems themselves have become larger and more complex. Unfortunately there is a limit to how much we can take in and understand at any one time. The Romans had a strategy called divide et impera –...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...technology. While the specific arguments that Ellul makes with regard to technology continue to be important if somewhat dated in the twenty-first century, his more subtle arguments relating to ‘techniques’ and the corresponding shifts they cause in, most notably, justice as it is understood within a capitalist context, remain relevant. Figure 6 Jacques Ellul...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...technology had been developed sufficiently, and the things were made available, we discovered we ‘needed’ mobile phones. But the first mobile phones were very big to carry around, so we designed smaller mobile phones. Then we realised it would be handy to listen to music and take pictures and surf the Web on our phones, so a new generation of mobile phones was...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...education study or returning after a break? You may even be able to study for free. ​ Our 'Arts and Languages Access module' – designed to develop the key skills required for successful university study – is an ideal starting point. You will be introduced to a range of absorbing subjects to prepare you for a wide range of qualifications in the humanities, including:...
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