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Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...le bhith a’ toirt seachad cùl-fhiosrachadh riatanach airson tòiseachadh, eisimpleirean de luchd-atharrachaidh brosnachail, comhairle air mar a bheirear buaidh taobh a-staigh agus taobh a-muigh poilitigs pàrlamaideach traidiseanta na RA, agus na buadhan a dh’fheumar gus soirbheachadh. Ciamar as urrainn dhutsa atharrachadh a dhèanamh gu poilitigeach no gu...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring
Society, Politics & Law

‘Citizen sensing’ and new forms of environmental monitoring

...circuit boards and utilising plastic bottles as enclosures for sensors. It is hoped that this will keep the technology affordable and allow a ‘community of users’ to form around Riffle and collaborate on improving it by sharing ideas on a website. [Diagram of how to make a water quality sensor.] It is likely that the proliferation of open-access devices and data for...
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Article 10 mins
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...le a tha nise san dùthaich, uile a’ toirt buaidh air mar a tha sluagh Alba a’ bruidhinn ri chèile agus ris a’ chòrr dhen t-saoghal. Chaidh an t-aonad seo - a tha ri fhaotainn an Gàidhlig agus am Beurla - a chruthachadh le misneachadh bho Bhòrd na Gàidhlig agus le taic bhon a’ BhBC. Tha e na ghoireas do dhuine sam bith aig a bheil ùidh phearsanta no...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...circuit of knowledge (see Figure 1). [Figure 1] Figure 1 The circuit of knowledge Social science and the circuit of knowledge – Box 1 We need to think about the practical nuts and bolts of constructing an argument: Clearly defined general concepts help us organise and think about particular examples of a phenomenon. Concepts can be combined together to generate theories...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Magneform (electromagnetic assembly and forming)
Science, Maths & Technology

Magneform (electromagnetic assembly and forming)

...circuit has a switch that produces a damped sinusoidal discharge current when closed. A capacitor voltage in the order of 8 kV is used and the discharge current (Imax) is 100–400 kA. The forming time is approximately 100 µs. The discharge current produces an electromagnetic field in the coil. If an electrically conductive workpiece such as an aluminium tube is inserted...
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Article 10 mins
What does President Macron mean for Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

What does President Macron mean for Brexit?

...Le Pen. Where these two candidates also differed markedly, therefore, was on their attitude to how the UK should leave the EU. During the tetchy drama of the presidential TV debate, Macron was at pains to explain to Le Pen that leaving the EU – which she had threatened to do by calling a British-style In/Out referendum – inevitably carries a large exit bill. In other...
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Article 5 mins
Beachbrains
Science, Maths & Technology

Beachbrains

...circuit’ in 1953, and since then larger and larger scale connection has been the goal of IT; and, although Joseph ‘Lick’ Licklider’s 1962 fantastically named ‘Intergalac- tic Computer Network’ contained most of the ideas that later became the Internet, we had to wait for Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of HTML to teach us how even a small sandpit-worth of...
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Article 10 mins
Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)
History & The Arts

Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)

...Le Corbusier criticised the Americans' lack of urban planning). The response of European architects to the Americans' technological advances (including bridges and other building forms as well as skyscrapers) would lead to the development of Modernism. And in the early twentieth century, technological advances were rapidly changing western society. Road and rail networks...
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Article 5 mins