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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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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...Scotland Figure 15 Australian soldiers resting on their way to the Front, September 1917 For those whom the war took overseas, keeping close ties with home was a crucial part of maintaining morale – and sanity. The most convenient way of doing this was through the exchange of letters and parcels. By 1917, the British Army was sending almost 9 million letters a week from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...Scotland and Wales have the highest median ages in the UK. 898,383 people over 60 live in Wales, a number projected to rise to 993,000 by 2030 (ONS, 2024). An ageing population enriches every level of society and brings opportunities to rethink how we design our communities, services and systems. It has important implications for policy decisions across health and social...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...Scotland, who has written widely on poverty. Gerry Mooney: Language matters. Because how you define a problem, how you construct a problem, the language that you use will determine what policies you end up with as a government and what we are seeing is an increasingly punitive approach to people who are experiencing poverty. Geoff Andrews: You’re listening to a podcast...
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