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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...de Bergerac turns up in a Glasgow bedsit. Anything's possible in Glasgow today. That's what the new Glasgow fiction says. SEANDAMER I have tried to show that the labelling of Glasgow as a dangerous place in the nineteenth and twentieth century derives from a complex of economic, political and social processes which can only be unpacked by historical analysis. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...de mentionner la décision dans la fameuse cause anglaise de M’Allister (or Donoghue) v. Stevenson (1932), A.C. 562, où la Chambre des pairs a décidé que, selon le droit écossais ou anglais, dans le cas d’aliments vendus par le manufacturer à un distributeur dans des circonstances qui empêchent le distributeur, ou l’ultimate acheteur ou consommateur, de...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...de Sahagún along with Nahua writers, part of which describes the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Although it is far from direct evidence of Moctezuma’s thinking, it gives some indications of how Nahua people viewed these intruders. Read the following extract from the Codex. What does this extract tell you about how the Nahua viewed Spanish power? When he [Moctezuma]...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...de-skilling of the task in hand. For example, transferring a craftsperson’s skill into a computer program for operating a lathe allows a lower-skilled operator to produce a finished article to the same standard as the original craftsperson. And the development of a ‘script’ for use in a telephone call centre allows the de-skilling of people doing customer-facing...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...de criminastique (Treaty of Criminalistics), in the 1920s postulating that microscopic examination of clothing and other physical evidence could reveal information about the history of the wearer. He is best known for Locard’s Exchange Principle which can be summarised as ‘every contact leaves a trace’ Locard’s Exchange Principle states: ‘Wherever two surfaces...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...de Montaigne, a French philosopher, developed the essay form in the 16th century. The term itself derives from the French word essai meaning ‘testing’ or ‘trying out’. The purpose was (and still remains): To try out or test a proposition or ideas in the context of other thinkers and in the light of personal experience and judgement. In Montaigne's day, the idea of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...de te ne le gu ku hu wo yi You will then hear some consonants, or initials, combined with the final i. Listen and repeat. ji qi xi zi ci si zhi chi shi ri You will now hear six single vowels known as finals in Chinese. Repeat after each sound. a e i o u ü Now we will combine these vowels with some consonants known as initials in Chinese. Note how similar they sound to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...De Fine Licht (1968). Figure 10 Front designs of the Pantheon. Drawing by Mark Wilson Jones. Figure 11 Comparison of the hypothetical original project for the Pantheon (left) and the building as executed (right). Drawing by Mark Wilson Jones. Discussion The Pantheon as we see it today has inspired architects for almost the last 2,000 years. It is a well-studied monument,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs