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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...student Freya wise is investigating the impact of embodied carbon for reducing carbon from heritage buildings...Embodied carbon is a very important source of carbon emissions, especially in the construction industry. But in practise most people aren’t really aware of it and it is rarely measured in construction or renovation projects. This article explores three reasons...
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Article 10 mins
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...student takeover of Hetherington House, and the 2017 work-in at the Bi-Fab yard in Fife. Understanding the occupations in Greenock, Cumbernauld and Bathgate can provide crucial lessons for worker and social movements today. Rescuing Women’s Factory Occupations from Obscurity These occupations have been marginalised in our knowledge and understandings of the period, of...
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Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...become apparent. These highly concentrated energy sources soon displaced wood, wind and water in the homes, industries and transport systems of the industrial nations. Today the fossil fuel trio of coal, oil and natural gas provides around 80% of the world’s energy. Concerns about the adverse environmental and social consequences of fossil fuel use have been voiced...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...becoming unwell because of an infection. This understanding was probably developed because of the attention that was given to the importance of handwashing during the pandemic. You may have found it interesting that he mentions how using a hand sanitiser dries his skin out, and to avoid this, he uses the hand washing station. If a child has eczema, or sensitive skin,...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...becomes the main raw material for the foundry or the steelmaker. The steelmaker turns the raw iron into steel sheet or bar. These steel products then go on to become the raw material for other manufacturers producing the enormous variety of useful products we see all around us; motor vehicles, domestic white goods (washing machines, refrigerators, etc.), wire coat...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...become slightly addicted to that thrill. And ever since that moment, I've just kept pushing the boundaries slightly further, and kept knocking on the doors a little bit harder and taking no for an answer less and less. And there's a direct linear link between organising that little fashion show in Edinburgh and creating this big event, where we've brought Bill Clinton to...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...become involved with the court system, the alternatives to courts that have evolved in recent decades and future advances that are being considered. You learn about the work of lawyers and the judiciary and explore how Scottish courts and tribunals operate in an open and transparent way working to ensure justice...This free course, Scottish courts and the law, explores...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...become widely accepted over the past few decades. Ramage and Shipp (2009) provide an overview of systems traditions and the different approaches to systems thinking. Each of these four perspectives are forms of systems thinking, in that they all look at whole systems and seek to understand the relationship between the parts and the whole, but they use these ideas subtly...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs