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Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...Scotland revealed that families with a disabled adult are nearly twice as likely to be in poverty as others (Kenway et al., 2015). A factor contributing to the risk of poverty that disabled people face is the extra costs they incur in most areas of their everyday life due to their additional needs. Experiences of poverty can also vary depending on a person’s...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...Scotland, 2011, p. 630) Among its recommendations, the inquiry said ‘fingerprint evidence should be recognised as opinion evidence, not fact’ (p. 741). Shirley McKie received a full personal apology from Strathclyde Police Chief Constable Stephen House in April 2012, more than 14 years after the murder of Marion Ross. Ross’s murder has never been solved. Activity 6...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...Scotland region. Activity 1 Listen to the audio file. You may find it helpful to listen to the recording a second time and take some notes using the techniques that are described by the OU tutors. Note: You will hear references to TMAs. This is an acronym for Tutor Marked Assignments. These are formal assessments associated with Open University courses. Note taking part 1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Scotland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, or The Arts Council (ROI). The Association of British Orchestras (ABO) administers the Sirens Fund, which awards grants to support the performance of historical women composers. Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy also awards grants to support the programming of orchestral work by women in the US and internationally. You might also...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...Scotland reveal the existence of several different tetrapod groups (Atlas, pp. 82-83). Some of these were still fully aquatic, but others, such as the superficially lizard-like Westlothiana and the salamander-like Balanerpeton, had probably made the transition to a semi-aquatic life. Life in the water was hazardous, with intense competition for food, and one of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...Scotland...Session 1: Observing and listening to primary school children: 5.2 Safeguarding and school life - [A photograph of a ring of paper figures holding hands.] Figure 4 Safeguarding is not just about protecting children from deliberate harm. It relates to all aspects of school life including: children’s health and safety the use of reasonable force (for example,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...Scotland, founded in 1665 to help Scottish people living away from Scotland. Belfast Central Mission: founded in 1889 by the Methodist Church to help local people in poverty...Week 1: What is the voluntary sector?: 2.1 Timeline - There are many documented histories of the voluntary sector, with similarities and differences between the different fields of interest such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...Scotland and Wales by an Irish sea border. So, people are feeling angry that they are being separated from other British people if you know what I mean. Another factor in the riots was that the Protestant community [Matty’s community] was sort of treated differently by the PSNI (local police force). That was another sort of reason why young people were letting their...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs