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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
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