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Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia and complicated skin and soft tissue infections (NICE, 2017). You will learn more about the development of cephalosporin antibiotics in Week 6...Week 3: How do bacteria become resistant to antibiotics?: 3.2.2 Extended spectrum β-lactamases - In Section 1.2 you saw how β-lactamases can hydrolyse β-lactam antibiotics in order to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...communication and ongoing concerns over the Welsh legal system and funding for Wales...Section 1: Designing devolution: 7 The Fifth Assembly (2016-2021) - The fifth Assembly took place through a period of massive constitutional and political upheaval. Six weeks after the Assembly election, the UK held a referendum on membership of the European Union. The UK Government...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...communication between citizens and the EU institutions, especially since the EU is perceived to suffer from a ‘democratic deficit’. This effort is evident, for example, in the Lisbon Treaty (2009), which states that: ‘Every citizen shall have the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union. Decisions shall be taken as openly and as closely as possible...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...communicating to the class teacher which were the exceptional children that he or she had to look out for over the coming year. A year later the inspector returned to the schools in the trial and discovered that the children identified in the earlier tests had indeed excelled and were regarded as being exceptionally able by the teachers involved. However the names of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...community found itself a minority whose control and dominant position in Ireland was slipping away. It is no coincidence that the Irish Gothic novel emerged and flourished during this period of social and political instability. Anxiety over the loss of Anglo-Irish political legitimacy and prestige has been seen as a factor fueling the writing of Gothic fiction in this...
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Article 45 mins
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...community are unsuitable for their daughter and therefore they do not want her to mix socially. They consider that the behaviour described by the school is a price worth paying to ensure their daughter’s well-being. What arguments can you give for intervening in this situation? What arguments can you give for non-intervention? What assistance, if any, can you give?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...community. What was a shock to me was how I felt when I went back to work after my two weeks compassionate leave; my memory of the last six months were all black and white, as if the colour had been washed out of the world. I have always loved work – the feeling I could ‘make a difference’ helped me to get out of bed in the morning. I have found my work cathartic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs