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Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...centred care. This article looks at the impact of older people’s health inequalities on families, communities and society more widely. We will also consider what action we can all take to try and reduce health inequalities. [Elderly hands] While estimates vary, it is largely accepted that access to and quality of healthcare services only accounts for around 20% of a...
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Article 5 mins
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...research activity evaluate personal language skills undertake a translation activity...Translation as a career: 1 Translation as a profession - You will begin by looking at what we mean when we talk about ‘translation’. You will think about what translation is, and what skills are required to become a translator professionally. You will then start to reflect on your...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...Research Centre. International Organization for Migration (2022) World Migration Report 2022 Available at: https://worldmigrationreport.iom.int/wmr-2022-interactive/ (Accessed: 02 July 2022) Kriesberg, L. (2011) The state of the art in conflict transformation’, in Berghof Handbook of Conflict Transformation. Online Edition. Berlin: Berghof Foundation. Available at:...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...centre of Glasgow, to stop the first ever Warrant Sale of goods due to debt accrued by someone for non-payment of their Poll Tax. Some of those there were arrested. [Anti poll tax demonstration in Glasgow]Anti-Poll Tax march against the Government's community charge Source: Glasgow LiveMy mother and some other activists had prepared for this eventuality by wearing...
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Article 5 mins
Privatising Thames Water
Money & Business

Privatising Thames Water

...centre. Thames Water Utility Caymans thus protects investors from having to pay tax on either interest payments or on any gains made when selling the bonds. The organisation of wholesale securitisation and indeed subsequent financing involves an array of intermediaries from financial advisors and legal specialists to rating agencies, each involved in their various...
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Article 10 mins
Starting with law
Society, Politics & Law

Starting with law

...children and young people or that apply only to individuals who drive. For the purposes of this course, law will be defined as: a set of rules created by the state which forms a framework to ensure a peaceful society. If the rules are broken they can be enforced by mechanisms created by the state and sanctions imposed. This definition covers the key features of the law as...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...researcher is satisfied with the test results, they may be published in an appropriate scientific journal, thereby adding to the pool of scientific knowledge. Before publication takes place, the work will be peer-reviewed for flaws (and originality). It is also the case that, at any one time, there is a dominant view of how things work, within which most scientific...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...research support provides further in-depth reading on how children learn number: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/ sites/ default/ files/ P2.pdf This is the reference for the article by Richard Skemp: Skemp, R. (1973). ‘Relational versus instrumental understanding. Mathematics Teaching’, vol. 77, pp.20–26. This link takes you to an nrich web page with different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs