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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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Article 5 mins
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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Audio 5 mins
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...Scotland and Northern Ireland, which increasingly had (and continue to have) legislative power in areas relating to work with young people. Key policy drivers in partnership working in the field of work with young people in these years included work done by the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU)...Partnerships and networks in work with young people: 2.2 Young people and social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...Scotland and Northern Ireland. Governments within the UK have become increasingly devolved, with local decisions being made about issues such as education or health provision, and this means that work with young people sometimes varies in emphasis within these different nations. Thirdly, work with young people changes over time. This might be due to different expectations...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs