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Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...Scotland and Wales. The number of people forced to sleep rough every night in England was 4,134, an increase of 16% since 2015. The United Kingdom has persistent and long-term poverty leading to homelessness and hunger. The fact that these figures are rising suggests that the underlying causes, whether complex or not, are getting worse rather than better. It is not overly...
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Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit
Science, Maths & Technology

Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit

...Scotland. While there are many roadside outcrops where fossils can be seen, rain and rivers erode and dissolve limestone underground. The resultant network of caves, passages, holes, and chambers attract cavers and tourists worldwide. Marble Arch Cave system is open to the public as a show cave with impressive stalactites and stalagmites and an underground lake. Other...
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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...Scotland, you move departments a lot and get to work with all sorts of experts. You might work with the fisheries and go out on the boats or within housing and work on population forecasting. I worked with Social Services and moved to education (with some stops in between). This movement means you learn a great deal. Statistics in Social Services covers areas such as how...
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Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...Scotland’s ambitious aim to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. By the end of this week, you will be able to: explain the concept of sustainability and how this relates to energy systems and primary energy sources understand the key role of the sun as the main source of renewable energy understand the concepts of energy, power, the difference...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...Scotland, 16.3% and Northern Ireland, 16.5% (ONS, 2018). Correlational analyses explore the relationships between factors or variables. For instance, there is a correlation between increasing obesity and increasing levels of socio-economic deprivation in adult women in Scotland, such that women in the most deprived areas of Scotland are more likely to be obese relative to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000–2. At age 17 years, participants were assessed in terms of key mental health measures, specifically the percentage categorised as experiencing high psychological distress, the percentage who had self-harmed and the percentage who had attempted suicide. The results suggested that rates were similar across England, Scotland,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...Scotland to the Thames (burning hundreds of litres of red diesel subsidised by the UK taxpayer) to complain about their raw deal. However… The UK industry is split between large and small vessels, who have had very different fates over the last 30 years under UK Government quota policy. The majority of UK vessels are ‘small scale’, defined as under 10m in length,...
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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...Scotland’, Journal of Architectural Conservation, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 7–27 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/13556207.2010.10785073. Ferreira, J., Duarte Pinheiro, M. and de Brito, J. (2015) ‘Economic and environmental savings of structural buildings refurbishment with demolition and reconstruction - A Portuguese benchmarking’, Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 3, pp....
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