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Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...managed on an annual basis…'. Yes, the UK fleet has reciprocal access to EU waters, but they are far more reliant on our waters than we are on theirs – EU vessels fish six times more in UK waters than we fish in the “At the end of the six years, how does the government envisage us claiming a fairer share of the catches in our own waters without triggering punishment...
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Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...Introduction - Applied mathematics is a key skill for practicing engineers and mathematical modelling is an ever-increasing field within engineering. . In Section 1 you will explore how vectors are used to model force and motion, and consider how problems involving vectors can be solved using geometry and trigonometry. In Section 2 you explore how to work with vectors...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...Introduction T. A. Brown (Nelson Thornes, 1995), ISBN: 0748740708 Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis T. A. Brown (Blackwell Science (UK), 2001), ISBN: 063205901X The Human Cloning Debate 2nd Edition Glenn McGee (Berkeley Hills Books, 2000), ISBN: 1893163121 The Ethics of Human Cloning Leon Kass, Leon R. Kass and James Q. Wilson (American Enterprise Institute Press), ISBN:...
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Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...Introduction - Recovery should be an important part of every sport and exercise participant’s training programme. All participants need to rest and recover after an intensive training session, but have you considered why this period of recovery is so important? The obvious answer to this is so that the individual is ready to take on their next training session and train...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...Introduction - Even the simplest organisms can detect and respond to events in their ever-changing environment. Similarly, within a multicellular organism, cells are surrounded by an extracellular environment from which signals are received and responded to. Extracellular events are decoded and transmitted to relevant parts of individual cells by way of a series of...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...Introduction - Decisions, decisions, decisions. Governments need to make decision about how much to spend, how to finance their debt and how much revenue to collect, in order to ensure their citizens’ welfare is as high as it can be, given that there is a limited amount of resources available or borrowable against future repayments. These decisions become even more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...Introduction - The ancient Greeks did not have a term equivalent to the English word ‘religion’. However, their world was populated by numerous figures they both recognised and worshipped as divinities. Among these figures was Amphiaraos (pronounced am-fi-ah-RAY-os), an ancient Greek hero who was later worshipped as a god and popularly associated with healing through...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...Introduction - In this course you will focus on how to be a critical reader. Reading critically is an essential skill at university. It means being aware of your own purposes and opinions as you read and being able to recognise the author’s purposes and opinions in their writing. The texts used in this course all present arguments in different ways. Argument texts are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs