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Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...become much more involved with baby Mali. From a very tiny baby Mali hated being put down and would scream or cry unless she was being cuddled or sleeping. Her clingy behaviour was very wearing on the family. Ceri, who did a lot of the early caring, spent many hours cradling Mali in an attempt to calm her, while Siân was busy with Tomos. Mali now has a very close bond...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...become widely accepted that innovation is an important force in driving economic growth and creating various forms of value – as well as essential to the success or survival of any organisation, whether commercial or not – this issue takes on a far broader significance...Technological innovation: a resource-based view: 2.2 Innovation capabilities - There are competing...
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...become of them both. Her letters express anxiety about having to do domestic work. She writes: ‘I have never enjoyed housework, it is not in my nature; please try to find me somewhere to work with children’. Both had learned English in school; they thought they would be safe in England, and could probably find work; if not they would try America again. They married in...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...student of RSAMD who has gone on to become a major figure on the Scottish music and broadcasting scene. She now lives in Lochaber where she and her husband run Watercolour Music Studios. A traditional music background and a classical training coupled with 15 years’ experience working with the BBC has established her as a major figure in the Scottish music scene, equally...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...student, despite declaring my Irish nationality. ‘Accra, Ghana’ appears to have overridden the ‘Irish’ in the ‘Nationality’ box. And then the simplicity of the correction, my Whiteness restored, the fee reduced. The wages of Whiteness (Du Bois, 1935) is a useful concept here, but no one’s life is simply black and white. [A postage stamp of Gold Coast...
Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?

...student visa requirements and the doubling of charges on firms employing migrant workers, may go some way towards retaining their support. Winning over new voters? These manifesto pledges don’t really show us a party which is trying to win the votes of the mainstream majority. Rather, it shows us Theresa May’s supreme confidence in leading her party. She’s not...
Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
Languages

Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...student’s spelling of the word “potato” to “potatoe”. This simple error became one of the lasting images of his career, and was interpreted not simply as a sign that he couldn’t spell one of the more common root vegetables, but that he was of impoverished intelligence generally. Transcript Then there was the furore over a mistake Gordon Brown made towards the...
How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...students from New Delhi, which describes the use of Snapchat among India's millennials: Transcript Omar harnesses this popularity to address a huge problem: in 2014 alone, India witnessed 36,735 reported rapes, while many others that went unregistered. Incidents of rape have risen 9 percent since 2010, according to news reports. Here's what makes the whole experience...