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David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...Scotland, which was heavily Calvinist. Their atypicality does not prevent the readings from being used as vehicles for the appreciation of tendencies in that period. Studying cultural history would be a dull process if it consisted of being given a checklist of themes to mark off against a series of typical cultural artefacts. The pieces you will be reading have been...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...Scotland a close association is made between ‘neds’ (generally interpreted as non-educated delinquents) and council estates (Fergusson and Muncie, 2008). Council estates have also featured as convenient backdrops of social disorganisation in popular fiction and journalism, in travelogues, and as a source of political commentary and policy debate. In the late 1990s and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...Scotland) but the three introduced above are the most common. Similar business ownership structures exist in many other countries although the precise legal implications can differ in important ways. Legal and ownership structures, business size and industry sector are not entirely independent of each other. For example, most sole traders tend to be small businesses, not...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...Scotland - Scotland has focused on early education since 2013 and ‘Realising the Ambition’ (Education Scotland, 2020) provides guidance aimed at supporting the provision of high-quality care and education so that Scotland can be the best place for children to grow up in and learn. [The cover of ‘Realising the ambition: being me. National practice guidance for early...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...Scotland, which are also areas of very high deposition of nitrogenous air pollutants. Snow is a very efficient scavenger of atmospheric pollution and melting snowbeds release their pollution load at high concentrations in episodes known as ‘acid flushes’. The flush of nitrogen is received by the underlying vegetation when it has been exposed following snowmelt....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...Scotland replied. It may be that business schools in Wales and Northern Ireland were not asked or were not interested. The Open University Business School is not mentioned here, and again we don't know why this is. The headings could be expressed more clearly. Overall, the table is trying to convey two types of information. The first is about the number of business...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...Scotland in this video. HERMIONE COCKBURN The Moray Firth is in the northeast of Scotland, and its beautiful and unspoiled coastline stretches for more than 800 km. It's also home to one of just three populations of bottlenose dolphins that live around the UK. But unless they're protected, these amazing creatures would struggle to survive. Today I'm in stunning Spey Bay...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...Scotland), Nissan Motoring Manufacturing UK, O2 Germany, Renault and Telefonica. The malware was of a type known as ransomware, which locks the data files of an infected computer using encryption and demands a ransom payment for unlocking them. In the UK, the worst-affected organisation was the National Health Service (NHS): around 50 health trusts in England and 13 in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs