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

Scottish courts and the law

...Divisions, of equal authority, and presided over by the Lord President and the Lord Justice Clerk respectively. Each division is made up of six Judges, but the quorum is three. Due to pressure of business an Extra Division of three judges sits frequently nowadays. The Divisions hear cases on appeal from the Outer House, the Sheriff Court and certain tribunals and other...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...division, relating to how much of a whole process someone sees. For example, at work there is a division of labour, which means that we all focus only on a part of an organisation’s activities. In contemporary times the division of labour is global, with parts of a product often made in different countries. Distance and division are related – the more people are...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...divisions’ (Sage, 2022). Activity 3 The development of multicultural France Timing: Allow approximately 20 minutes Watch the video below from Vox, an American news site, which outlines how France developed into a more multicultural society, and its subsequent influence on football. As you watch, think about the following questions: Why was there an influx of immigrants...
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...division of humans into distinct and largely immutable racial categories, with an increased focus on biological markers and determinants. ‘Scientific’ racism was a foundational part of eugenic thinking in the twentieth century. Ideologies of race were used by European colonisers to legitimise and justify the treatment of colonised peoples including enslavement and...
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...division between the pagus and the civitas and so united the people of the city and given them the same civic and legal rights. Activity 2 Which of the four models of cultural interaction do you think best fits the evidence you have encountered in Thugga? Write down your choice (or choices), and note down the evidence which supports your choice. Discussion You may have...
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...Division, USA. Notice how syphilis is linked to the New Woman, with her short hair and glamorous appearance. Broadly speaking, there were two possible approaches. The first, supported by churches and social purity campaigners, argued that VD could be controlled by changing moral standards and patterns of behaviour. Young people should abstain from sex until marriage, and...
Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...division between soloists and ripieno [the rest of the performers]; the total number of singers could be as few as 12. Some of the most extravagant late 16th-century performances saw one group in each of the organ lofts, situated on either side of the altar, and a third group on a specially built temporary stage on the main floor of the church, not far from the main...
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...division by two, like the halving of a single cow, would destroy the water. This smallest particle that is still water is called a water molecule and its dimensions are almost inconceivably small. Molecules are the basic particles of many solids, liquids and gases. It is not easy to describe the size of a water molecule because its shape is not regular. However, if its...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs