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Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...children are at the centre of a palliative care approach. The child might have a life-limiting condition for which there is no reasonable hope of cure and from which they will die. Alternatively, the child might have a life-threatening condition for which treatment in an attempt to cure may be feasible but can fail, such as when operating on a tumour. Caring for any child...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
Education & Development

Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed

...research into the violent and fatal encounters experienced by black women, bringing attention to cases such as those of Sandra Bland and Rekia Boyd. She highlights the relative invisibility of cases like this when it comes to not only those in academia but also in terms of what captures the media’s attention, the response (or lack) of policymakers and the general...
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Article 15 mins
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...centre line except in the older age groups: this tells us that there are roughly the same number of males and females in each age band apart from in the latter stages of life, which more women tend to reach than men. Transcript As Hans suggests, the fertility rate of a population - how many children tend to be born, on average, per woman - has a great influence of the...
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Video 30 mins
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...researchers use the concepts of time and space to think both about the fact that environmental change always touches down in particular places and at particular moments, and the fact that to understand the full impact of these changes we often need to look further afield. Geographers and Environmental Studies researchers use the concepts of risk and uncertainty to draw...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...Children Partner Pets Boss Colleagues Mum Dad Shop assistant Teacher. Now think about what you said to the people you have named. Go back to your list and note down what you talked to each person about and how long you spoke to them. Discussion Did you find this difficult? If so, it’s not surprising – speaking is so embedded into your daily life and you do it so much...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
What was Lewis Carroll like?
History & The Arts

What was Lewis Carroll like?

...Children" has left us. And yet in the full sorrow of it all I find some note of comfort. He was so good and sweet, so tender and kind, so certain that there was another and more beautiful life waiting for us, that I know, even as if I heard him telling it to me, that some time I shall meet him once more. [Isa Bowman as Alice In Wonderland] Isa Bowman In all the noise and...
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Article 10 mins
Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...research on Red Clydeside as evidence of its continuing interest for historians. Section j. Biography also provides only a sample of the biographical material which exists but selects examples which have broader comments to offer on Red Clydeside. The final two sections (k. Red Clydeside in music and art; l. Short video footage via Facebook) reflect on the legacy of Red...
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Article 30 mins
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...researchers use the terms ‘emotion’ and ‘mood’ interchangeably. The basic disagreement seems to be about whether it is important to recognise that one state (emotion) is normally associated, by the person experiencing it, with a particular object or cause, and the other (mood) is often not. What difference might this make? Some evidence suggests that a particular...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs