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The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts

...Scotland departs – is entering a period of protracted insecurity and uncertainty, Washington will not be looking at “Independence Day” in England and Wales as an asset, but as a problem. Daniel Chirot, Herbert J. Ellison professor of Russian and Eurasian studies, University of Washington After the referendum, British opinion remains badly split. The typical...
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Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...Scotland. They often provide both specialist learning support and more general support to teachers. When filming the videos for this course at the school we focused on Jean as she went about her work with children and staff. We put these aspects of her work together to give a sense of her day and the professional and personal skills she brings to her role. Activity 1 A...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...Scotland David Eiser, research fellow in economics, Stirling University The introduction of a tax on sugary drinks, which will raise around £0.5 billion, will be welcomed by the health lobby. It seems likely that Scottish taxpayers may contribute a disproportionately high share of this new tax, given higher consumption of sugary drinks, but the Scottish government will...
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Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...Scotland are good news, surely? Potholes patched, highways upgraded. Sunny times ahead? Not so fast. The Aberdeen Press & Journal turned a hard shoulder. All this works means delays, and for the motorist, that heralds a winter of discontent. 2005 Wirral councillor Simon Mountney looked at rising council tax and heating bills, a shortage of flu vaccine and even "harsh...
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How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...Scotland. I made occasional visits to the more picturesque parts; but my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee. Blank and dreary on retrospection I call them; they were not so to me then. They were the eyry of freedom, and the pleasant region where unheeded I could commune with the creatures of my fancy. I wrote then—but...
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Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...Scotland (Scottish Government, 2010) is explicitly based on these aims for improvement. The Institute of Medicine also stated in their report (2001) that healthcare providers should measure and monitor the quality of the care they offer in relation to these aims. Monitoring healthcare quality allows any quality improvement initiatives to focus on specific aims for...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...Scotland, called the Scottish Business Awards. So from the fashion show I started organising other events and they got bigger and bigger. And I came up with this event called The Scottish Business Awards. And a lot of people sort of asked me, Josh, how did you get involved in The Scottish Business Awards? And, if I'm honest, I have to sort of say to them, well, I created...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...Scotland's patron saint...The acts of this apostle’s martyrdom, though rejected by Tillemont, &c. are maintained to be genuine by Nat. Alexander, Hist. t. 1, and by Mr. Woog, professor of history and antiquities at Leipsic, in learned dissertations published in 1748 and 1751. The authority of this piece being contested, little stress is laid upon it: and the following...
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