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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...Scotland and Northern Ireland: version 2.2. [Online report] online accessed 17/01/2022 Her Majesties Government (2018) Serious Crime Strategy, online 20/01/2022 Home Office (2018), Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance online accessed 15/12/2021 North Wales Safeguarding Board (2021) County Lines Exploitation online County Lines...
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The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...Scotland, between Dunbriton and Glasgow. He calls himself both a Briton and a Roman, or of a mixed extraction, and says his father was of a good family named Calphurnius, and a denizen of a neighbouring city of the Romans, who not long after abandoned Britain, in 409. Some writers call his mother Conchessa, and say she was niece to St. Martin of Tours. At fifteen years of...
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Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland)’.] Figure 1 The contexts of social care From Figure 1, you can see the different contexts for social care provision. This varies depending on service users’ needs, the setting in which services are provided, the provider type and country they are living in. The delivery of any service depends on the nation where it is delivered....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...Scotland, Ireland and England, as well as further afield, as a major poet. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...The poetry of Sorley MacLean: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the power of MacLean's poetry in its original Gaelic give examples of how such poetry engages with...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...Scotland and Wales. A new addition is the palm-print database. Scotland had a palm-print database previously but the searchable database including England and Wales only became available in late 2007. It is intended that in the future IDENT1 will encompass a wider range of biometric data such as iris (eye) scans and facial imaging. The information in the below extract...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...Scotland, is where rich grass communities survive on extensive plains of wind-blown shell sand, just a few feet above the high tide level. They were traditionally fertilised with seaweed from the beach just a short distance away. On the Hebrides, they form parts of small landholdings called crofts, which have often been managed using traditional methods for centuries....
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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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