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Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...social and economic status compared to Catholics, they still endured economic and religious discrimination at the hands of the politically dominant Anglican Ascendancy class. They especially resented having to pay so-called tithes, a form of taxation, for the upkeep of the established Anglican church (Dwyer-Ryan, 2013, p. 98). Most Presbyterians, because they did not own...
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FGM prevalence and healthcare planning
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM prevalence and healthcare planning

...Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Female Genital Mutilation - NHS England Digital. In Wales, mandatory data collection is not required. Scotland There is limited data about FGM in the Scottish population. Research undertaken by Bailot et al. (2014) for the Scottish Refugee Council estimated that 24,000 people had originated from FGM-practising countries. Although...
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What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What is the Hawthorne Effect? The one-minute guide

...Works in Chicago were observed to be more productive in better-lit conditions" is positioned above the light.] [A bright yellow halogen bar light is positioned horizontally across the top of a black rectangular background. Text below is written in white and says "the initial conclusion was that paying more attention to working conditions would improve how well workers...
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Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...working in its Faculty of Science, to nominate their personal choice of outstanding woman of science. The female scientists nominated include several Nobel Prize Laureates, such as Marie Curie, Dorothy Hodgkin and American geneticist, Barbara McClintock. The academics also talk about their own experiences of being a woman in the sciences today... Marie Curie Dr Liz...
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Supporting children’s learning in the early years
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in the early years

...works with children, observes and plans for further activities while she also records her thoughts and ideas using a video camera. Further video tracks reveal how creativity is nurtured in young children to develop their abilities, how an artist in residence works with nursery children, as well as how the work of bilingual and special needs assistants mean that no child...
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Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...Working through the examples and interactive activities in this course will help you to, among other things, calculate how much paint you'll need for decorating, convert currencies or make progress in your career or further education. To complete this course you will need access to a calculator, a notepad and pen, and a protractor. Enrolling on this course will give you...
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Planning a better future
Money & Business

Planning a better future

...changing jobs, wishing to move up the ladder or return to work after a break. ...Planning a better future is an introductory course for anyone considering changing jobs, wondering how to move up the ladder or return to work after a break, and those aspiring to better things. Transcript If you are interested in studying this course, visit the course website here....
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Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...work. How do you use social media? Well what I do, ‘cause I’m stupid, so myself I ask people to do this for me, so I have a website and the stuff goes on YouTube. Most of these films are between 20 and 30 minutes, they’re quite fast moving, they’re all a surprising mix, that’s what I would try to say, and there’s 30 of them; so we will have 30 by the end of...
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