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Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...world legal history. WOMAN: Thank you. Thank you. NARRATOR: For in her Stevenson manufactured bottle of ginger beer, May Donoghue didn't just get ginger beer. She discovered something else as well. JOHN CAIRNS: It's got, you know, Paisley, a cafe, a friend, ice cream, ginger beer, and this decomposed snail. It's just kind of perfect. NARRATOR: The decisions of courts in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...world’. As you now know, the ‘real world’ and academic study are not completely separate from each other. Many everyday skills can be useful for becoming a successful student and academic skills can have useful applications in everyday life. Being able to use academic skills in the real world can help you get used to being a student and to see this role as part of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...world situations, observing animals in their natural habitats (known as ethology). It is widely accepted in psychology that the brain is the part of the body where the functions that involve the ‘mind’ take place. Everything you experience, feel, think, dream, remember, imagine and decide happens in your brain (although certain philosophers have questioned this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...world or his art? Behind this questions lies a problem central to art history. Do we need to know about artists to know about their art? Martin Kemp gives the link between an artist and his art a historical complexion: The notion that there was something inherent in each artist at the deepest level found expression in the idea that ‘every painter paints himself’ – a...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...world as shown in Figure 1. [This is a map of the world with each continent shown in a different colour. Prevalence estimates are: North America 6-7% from 32 studies; South America 4-19% from 32 studies; Europe 4-6% from 32 studies; Africa 1-16% from 4 studies, Asia 3-5% from 15 studies and Oceania 1-8% from 6 studies.] Figure 1 The worldwide estimated prevalence of ADHD...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...World War more than 1,600 had qualified and were practising – more than the combined number of qualified women throughout the rest of Europe (Bonner, 1992, p.78). [Figure 4 Women medical students, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 1897–8. Women students were finally admitted to Edinburgh University in 1892, but they were taught separately from the men. This group photograph...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...world. As the working day finishes in one location, so the team’s work is passed on to the next location, where the working day is just beginning. The matrix team Matrix structures are often found in project teams. In a matrix team, individual staff report to different managers for different aspects of their work. Staff will be responsible to the project manager for...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...world … [Gareth Dunn, Edinburgh] Couldn't have happened to a better collection, the works of Emin and Hirst in particular. I have always thought the rubbish produced by these people would make a good bonfire. We are continually insulted by these people who tell us that if we don't love and appreciate these works then we must be stupid. I, for one, remember the fairy...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs