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Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...research paper, web page Timing: Allow about 20 minutes There is a lot of hype about AM. Although some publications have very little scientific and engineering rigour, some are informative. Do a quick internet search to find a publication about AM as a technique for the production of fully functional components. Find an example of each of the following: news story...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...research work - a flavour of which is provided in what follows - has revealed just how subtle and intricate their biology is. Also, as with other areas of biology, our scientific understanding of primate biology is incomplete, so searching questions that may come to mind as you read often can't be easily answered - at least not without a good deal more study. You may need...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...children) have over customers (in this case, parents). For example, marketers advertise tempting toys or food items during breaks in children’s television programmes or by placing sweets within reach of small children in supermarkets. They are thus attempting to use children’s ‘pester power’ to persuade parents to buy the goods in question. As a result they are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...research has shown that juries can be subject to biases that can impact the decision-making process when rendering a verdict (Willmott, 2019). These biases can include pre-trial publicity bias (Ruva & Coy, 2020), racial bias (Curley et al, 2022b), rape myth bias (Dinos et al, 2014), and social media influence (Taylor & Tarrant, 2019), all of which can lead to a lack of...
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Article 5 mins
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...research-only staff. Workloads are also extremely high, with reports of academic staff working on average two days unpaid per week. The pay gap between Black and white staff stands at 17%, and the disability pay gap is 9%. The mean gender pay gap is 16% and at the current rate of change it will not be closed for another 22 years. (More information on the dispute is...
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Article 5 mins
Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...research published in 2011 showed the UK newspapers commonly ridiculed vegans and veganism. Vegans can be portrayed as angry, as militants as joyless, as faddist or as overly sentimental. As more people try veganism and meet other vegans in their daily lives the more tone-deaf these stereotypes sound. So why is it that these stereotypes can still persist? Well as...
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Article 5 mins
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...research into the history of reading use RED to follow up any personal interests in the history of reading...History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past: 1 Reading the English Bible - By Bob Owens The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the most widely-read book in the English language: the translation of the Bible published in 1611...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr