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Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...Religion - Because of the exclusion of Gaelic from government and most aspects of national public life, the Church was of great importance as one of the few national institutions where the language could be used in a high-register milieu. From the 17th century onwards, the Kirk made an effort to provide a Gaelic-speaking ministry for the Highlands, although a shortage of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...religion, think carefully about whether that is something that will align with the personal brand you want to promote. Activity 3 What could I post about? Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Even if you don’t plan to use Facebook, creating ideas for posts is a useful exercise. These ideas could also be used for blogs, work-place discussions with like-minded individuals, etc....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...religion or through a less formal, although significant, part of the cared-for person’s beliefs. It’s important to remember that palliative care is not confined to people with cancer, as is often believed. It might also be an approach that is used across all ages and a range of conditions, from respiratory disease to dementia. A key objective is to improve the quality...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...religion, essentially describing the differences and similarities between you and your colleagues. As workplace demographics become increasingly diverse, this can play a part in our career resilience. If we don’t take the time to understand our colleagues’ perspectives and experience, this can lead to conflict – and conflict in the workplace can have a negative...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...religion, culture and interests and they wanted a space away from adults where they could play with their identity through dressing up, could exchange views with others and could ‘rehearse having responsibility for looking after things’ (Jackson et al., 2008, p. 46). If you are interested, you could read an extract from Jackson et al., 2008...Week 2: Social identities...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...religion, politics, poetry and mountaineering. Alter ego @roland_jackson [Online]. Available at https://twitter.com/ ProfTyndall (Accessed 20 October 2016). Santer, B., Solomon, S., Ridley, D. et al. (2016) ‘Volcanic effects on climate’, Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, 3–4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2016) The Keeling Curve [Online]. Available at...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...religion, ethnic background, regional differences, and so on. Unless you are sensitive to these differences, your message may be seen as inappropriate or may be misunderstood. Activity 6 Communicating with key audiences Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes Think back to the two audiences you identified in Activity 5. Write two or three sentences about a fictional...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...religion, laws, et cetera, are more superior to what we called the Global South which are Black and Brown people. So those manifestations have continued from early 17th century from slavery until today. [MUSIC PLAYING] The most clear example in contemporary society of the manifestations of racialisation is South Africa and the apartheid system, where people are stratified...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs