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Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...Scotland). (b) 3D printing of a foot skeleton...Additive manufacturing: 1.1 History - In modern times it is relatively rare that an entirely new type of manufacturing is developed, but in the past 20 years, AM has been the process to buck the trend. Activity 1 Bucking the trend Timing: Allow about 10 minutes First consider the idea that AM has bucked the trend by being a...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...Scotland in 1881 and later trained as a doctor in London. He became a research scientist at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, working on vaccines. During the First World War, he served in the British Army’s Medical Corps where he witnessed the prolonged impact of battlefield infections. After the war, Fleming returned to his research career at St Mary’s. He began...
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...Scotland and Wales – children aged three to four years old are entitled to free early education from the school term after they turn three years old. This might be part of a primary school, which has provision for younger children, or it may be in a private, voluntary or independent (PVI) setting, for example, a nursery or preschool. The number of hours children can...
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...Scotland or from Northern Ireland. Concealing or disguising criminal property includes concealing or disguising its nature, source, location, disposition, movement, or ownership or any rights with respect to it. Section 340(3) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 defines property as criminal property if ‘it constitutes a person’s benefit from criminal conduct or it...
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...Scotland [A sun icon.] 20/68 24/75 [A lightning icon.] 19/66 21/70 Wales [A rain icon.] 15/59 19/66 [A lightning icon.] 17/63 21/70 Northern Ireland [A lightning icon.] 18/64 24/75 [A sun icon.] 21/70 27/81 This could have been written out like this: The weather today in the south, southwest, Midlands and Scotland will be sunny. In Wales there will be showers and in...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In addition, the Scottish government (2012) has its own Infrastructure Plan detailing investments totalling approximately £25bn; the Northern Ireland Executive’s (2016) Infrastructure Plan totals £8.25 million and the multi-billion Welsh government Infrastructure Investment Plan has been in place for several years. These...
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...Scotland with his companion and biographer James Boswell in 1773, he recorded his impressions in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Exercise 6 Read the following passage on the Highland mountains from Johnson's Journey. How would you describe his attitude towards mountainous regions? In answering this question, it will be helpful to identify key words that...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...Scotland are planning to attack the proposal to protect their local party from a backlash by voters. The party is also struggling to defend seats around Aberdeen, the oil industry’s capital, against heavy pressure from the Scottish National party and Labour in campaigning for the 5 May Scottish parliamentary election. The latest opinion polls show the Liberal Democrats...