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Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...Scotland – have put in place their own strategies and priorities for involving technology in their health and social care. This is because each UK nation has the opportunity to govern its own health and social care sector, which means that there will be different focuses and different approaches to how technology becomes part of care. For example, Northern Ireland and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...Scotland, 2018). The internet has also provided us with more choice and control. Advances in technology including mobiles, smartphones and robotics are just a few examples that can change how we manage our health and interact with the health service. As you can see, digital technology and innovations have the potential to change not only how we manage our health but also...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...Scotland and Northern Ireland). Choose one and consider the extent to which the partnership meets the criteria of the conventional definition provided above. Try to identify the benefits of the partnership and then write a paragraph in the word document provided on why the partnership may or may not bring about these benefits and whether a partnership is the most...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The impact of Brexit on British wages
Money & Business

The impact of Brexit on British wages

...in foreign workers, residents and capital depress or increase wages? What sort of regulations and enforcement policies regarding employment and wages will a new “independent” Britain adopt? If Scotland, as well as potentially Wales and Northern Ireland, leave the United Kingdom to stay in the EU, how will this influence English business and unions and thus wages?...
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Article 5 mins
Dolly The Sheep: What happened next?
Science, Maths & Technology

Dolly The Sheep: What happened next?

...Scotland told the world about Dolly the sheep, the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult body cell. What was special about Dolly is that her “parents” were actually a single cell originating from mammary tissue of an adult ewe. Dolly was an exact genetic copy of that sheep – a clone. Dolly captured people’s imaginations, but those of us in the field had...
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Article 10 mins
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...Scotland and Northern Ireland today...This course will present an overview of the policy and law that relates to social work with people involved in the asylum and immigration system and will introduce you to the ways in which social work practitioners can support people with insecure immigration status, refugees and asylum seekers more effectively. It will highlight some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...Scotland (including the Castle Rock and Salisbury Crags in Edinburgh), that formed as a result of passive rifting associated with the Variscan Orogeny...Geological processes in the British Isles: 4.3.2 Stage 2: Embryonic ocean basin formation (southern Red Sea stage) - If extension and rifting progresses sufficiently, this will lead to the development of an embryonic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...Scotland! Photo of Ben Nevis memorial plaque courtesy of coda on Flicker. Some rights reserved Symbolising values We may be somewhat ambivalent about war memorials, though. One could argue that World War II was fought for ideals of democracy and freedom, but previous conflicts are more problematic. For instance, many Boer War memorials fell into disrepair or were taken...
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Article 10 mins