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Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...Scotland, SCVO’s State of the Sector report reports that 70.6% of the Third Sector Workforce is female (SCVO, 2020). Evidence from 2012 indicated that women occupied 46 per cent of chief executive roles in UK voluntary organisations overall, whereas ‘just 27% of chief executives of [major] charities with an annual turnover of £10m plus [were] women, and in the top...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The oceans
Science, Maths & Technology

The oceans

...Scotland Gap'. Question 10 Looking at the bathymetry across the two transects, which has the deepest depths from the Arctic to the rest of the global ocean? Is it the transect between the Pacific and the Arctic Ocean or the transect between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean? Answer The deepest depths are between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean along the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...Scotland and that was very much looking at a holistic approach to working with the child and working with the whole family and the wider community. It was kind of joining up services and so the Family Learning Coordinator’s role is very much to be part of reaching from the establishment into the home. I come from a community learning background. So I’m very much...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...Scotland, at the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference. Departing from here, you will then engage with a series of videos from countries across the Global South. The International virtual field trip encourages you to appreciate the range of experiences of the climate crisis across the Global South. To recognise why learning from these experiences and knowledge is...
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Article 5 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...Scotland before Mr Briggs, purposely to be here when these Two so learned Persons should meet: Mr Briggs appoints a certain Day when to meet at Edinborough, but failing thereof; the Lord Napier were speaking of Mr Briggs: ‘Ah, John (saith Marchiston), Mr Briggs will not now come’; at the very one knocks at the gate; John Marr hasted down, and it proved Mr Briggs, to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...Scotland: A Highpoint for Thatcher and the Tories? 49 days: Strike suspended at Britain's largest blood transfusion unit due to acute shortage of blood. 50 days: Thatcher revealed her special beauty tips in interview for The Sun in 1979. Read the interview with Margaret Thatcher. Watch a short video on Performing Politics below and listen to the audio feature Performing...
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Activity 5 mins
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...Scotland, and satellites communications. The web link given above is to the Science Across the World site, where there is information on acid rain. Under ‘Most Popular Topics’ click on ‘See all available topics’; and then ‘Acid Rain’. For each of the three resources you select: identify which aspect of the curriculum it delivers and for which students it might...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...Scotland, which has a stronger policy commitment to inclusion. In Scotland, over 90% of children with Additional Support Needs (ASN) are educated in mainstream schools (Scottish Government, 2018), although a proportion of these are schooled in special units on the main site. However, due to differences in how ‘SEND’ and ‘ASN’ are defined, it can be difficult to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs