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Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...Scotland and Wales. In England the Government introduced a new definition of fuel poverty in 2021. This is the ‘Low Income Low Energy Efficiency’ (LILEE) definition of fuel poverty. A household is fuel poor if: They are living in a property with an energy efficiency rating of band D, E, F or G [i.e. that is poorly insulated]. Their disposable income (income after...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...Scotland professional learning for teachers Teachers in Scotland have to meet professional standards of practice set out by the General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS). As part of a revised set of standards, practitioner enquiry is embedded throughout the standards, where enquiry ‘involves teachers questioning their own educational beliefs, assumptions, values and...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...Scotland. Discussion This portrait is on a much larger scale than the one of Page-Turner. However, like Batoni’s portrayal of Page-Turner, the figure is set against a network of vertical and horizontal lines made up by architectural shapes. These are created by the plinth on which the sculpture of the female figure sits and the setting of antique remains, but there are...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...Scotland is ploughing its way through with you know investment in onshore wind at the moment and I think we need to take account of that diversity. It is the cheapest renewable option at the moment, we can understand that there may be local objections in some places. I’m a little bit sceptical that we discard one of the lowest cost options and take it out of the...
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Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...Scotland, where he has five sisters and brothers all living reasonably close to each other. Harish is the youngest of ten grandchildren to his family in Scotland, but the first to his family in England. Meera: Harish was born by Caesarian in the end. I was determined to have him with me and breastfeed him from the start rather than let the nurses bottle-feed him to allow...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...Scotland for years, but shots for shots’ sake were new to the rest of the UK. Also new were members of bar staff coming to tables to sell the shots, which they sometimes dispensed from guns or holsters. I remember waiting excitedly in the queue outside the Leeds branch of a new bar called Vodka Revolution. We drank shot after shot of flavoured vodka that night, from...
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Article 10 mins
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...Scotland and then I went into television in a small way with Look with Sir Peter Scott and the famous Heinz Sielmann Becker film which was a… I didn’t used to call it the watercooler moment, but people talked about the fact that you could see inside a woodpecker’s nest. Now these days you’d see inside every nest that exists, but at that time it shattered people,...
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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...Scotland and is based in the University of Glasgow; Moira Burgess a pre-eminent bibliographer of Glasgow and analyst of Glasgow in fiction; Jimmy Boyle a graduate of Barlinnie Prison's famous Special Unit. All are experienced OU tutors. Activity 1 Listen to the audio files. You may find it helpful to listen to the recordings a second time and take notes. The problem with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr