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Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...Scotland, and Glasgow City Council was the first Scottish authority to sign a contract (worth £101 million) with NASS to accommodate asylum seekers. Weekly buses brought people on a ‘no-choice’ basis from the south of England. However, the majority of asylum seekers were accommodated in Sighthill: ‘one of the poorest areas of the city’ (Ferguson and Barclay,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...Scotland, 2024) is downloadable from their website, this is linked with the major Scottish policy and guidance following the Independent Care Review in 2017. Keeping the promise (The Promise Scotland, 2025) contains links to the reports from Scotland’s Independent Care Review, 2017. For students based in Wales, a section (00:49:34 onwards) of the Student Connect Webinar...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...Scotland). You’ll find your current code on your payslip. Do not include any tax-free lump sums or other tax-free income in your calculations. Ignore any National Insurance Contributions (NICs) shown in the calculators since you don’t pay these on pensions or if you are older than state pension age (SPA). One way to ensure these are not calculated is to say you are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...Scotland). Some recipes also derive from particular fungi (e.g. Shiitake, Lentinula edodes, a type of mushroom native to East Asia and served in Japanese miso soup) and even microorganisms (e.g. lactic acid bacteria from genus Lactobacillus play an important role in cheese-making). Figure 4 Wild Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinula edodes), which grows on dead wood, is a popular...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...Scotland today? SPEAKER 2 I think the biggest challenge that's facing social work in Scotland today is really around austerity. There's been years of budget freezes-- or budget cuts and a request for the local authority in general and social work services to save money. And this has led to our resources in the local area being quite stretched and limited. And whether that...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...Scotland and Quebec live with constant questioning about what should be their primary political loyalty – their nation, or their country. Some will feel that an alien political identity is being imposed on them by a state they regard as illegitimate: the Israeli state in the Palestinian territories, the Moroccan state in the western Sahara, and the Georgian state in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...Scotland for ever!" was raised, followed by such cheers and yells that the poor man actually staggered back as if he had received a blow, then seeing there was no other way out of it, he too rushed across the open space to lose himself among the others. All this proved very entertaining, and I was glad to laugh with the crowd, thinking that after all we were taking a very...
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Article 10 mins
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...Scotland and seen significant benefits after just one week. Now he aims to carry out a much larger trial. It is never too late to learn another tongue, and it can be very rewarding. Alex Rawlings is a British professional polyglot who speaks 15 languages: “Each language gives you a whole new lifestyle, a whole new shade of meaning,” he says. “It’s addictive!”...
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Article 10 mins