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Two Yorkish episodes
History & The Arts

Two Yorkish episodes

...Simple and gentle, how hospitable they had all been to my vain inquiry, and how delicately they had forborne to visit the stranger with the irony of the average American who is asked anything, especially anything he does not know! I went thinking that the difference was a difference between human nature long mellowed to its conditions, and human nature rasped on its edges...
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Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...Simple as that’, The Guardian, June 27. 2017: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/27/moray-fed-up-with-snp-simple-as-that-scotland-election Geoghegan, P. ‘Northern exposure: Brexit reveals Shetland split’, POLITICO, October 2, 2017: www.politico.eu/article/northern-exposure-brexit-reveals-shetland-split/ McKenna, K. ‘Scotland’s fishermen feel a sickening sense...
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Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...simple harmonies specifically in C major, specifically with the three primary triads of C major: C, F and G. And we're going to see the effects that we can get by manipulating your skills in that particular context. Video 1 Click "play" below to discover how George Fenton creates a theme. George Fenton Given that the chords, there only 3 chords that I can use which in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...code (average population around 30,000 in this data). The share of white Americans rating Trump 10 out of 10 rises from just over 25 percent in locales with no ethnic change to almost 70 percent in places with a 30-point increase in Latino population. The town of Arcadia in Wisconsin – fittingly a state that has flipped to Trump – profiled in a recent Wall Street...
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‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...code, and this required them to provide financial compensation to the country of origin, if they actively recruited their qualified staff. This code also included equal rights for migrant workers in terms of pay, training and professional development, which made recruiting from abroad very costly (Mackintosh, Raghuram and Henry 2006). Many overseas nurses’...
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Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...simple information displays, which let us check things such as weather forecasts and transport timetables, to interactive sites that allow us to make bookings or queries. In many parts of the world, medical records are increasingly moving away from paper and X-ray film towards becoming completely digital. This has several advantages, especially in allowing patient records...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...Code of Practice for Health and Adult Social Care on the Prevention and Control of Infections and Related Guidance helps NHS bodies plan and implement how they prevent and control HCAIs (Department of Health, 2009). It states that there is a duty to provide and maintain a clean and appropriate environment for healthcare; the Department of Health has produced a set of...
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Money & Business

Risk management

...code. As a good example take a look at the ‘Guidance on Risk’ set out by the UK’s Engineering Council (2011). The guidelines are as follows: Apply professional and responsible judgement and take a leadership role. Adopt a systematic and holistic approach to risk identification, assessment and management. Comply with legislation and codes, but be prepared to seek...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs