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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...sustained a positive image largely as a result of the efforts of the Corporation. It involved itself in a massive council house-building programme in an effort to deal with the problem of the slums and films of this programme went the rounds of British cinemas. But under the hype the reality was that the old Glasgow was doomed. The whole country was re-structuring...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...sustained increases in health service productivity, funding for the NHS in England will need to increase in real terms between 2015/16 and 2021/22 to avoid cuts to the service or a fall in the quality of care patients receive. This could be avoided if the government were to return the NHS in England to funding growth at the historic (pre-2010/11) average rate of four per...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...sustain both positive and negative patterns of resource allocation and social opportunity. This includes the forces shaped and sustained by legal, political, community and group pressures. These aspects of what social workers need to know are reflected in the five principal areas of this session: Poverty Social exclusion Social work with communities Social work and groups...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...sustainable competitive advantage by delivering a leap in customer value through a unique business system. Market driving strategies entail high risk, but also offer a firm the potential to revolutionize an industry and reap vast rewards. (Kumar et al., 2000) Legislation, regulation, funding, location and even fashions or fads can also be causally significant in driving...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...Sustainable creative management...Making creativity and innovation happen: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand different perspectives on why creativity matters consider cognitive aspects of creativity and how personality and individual differences might contribute explore ways in which individuals can enhance their own...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...sustaining substance is produced. Milk is a very rich form of food. You've probably already heard about some of the major constituents of milk - proteins, fats and carbohydrates. These large molecules have to be built up (synthesised) from the simpler chemicals that the mother obtains from her diet or from her body reserves. By looking at the structure of a typical...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...sustained, and the music seems more expressive. This is complemented by a heightening of a more literal kind: each component of the song – verse, pre-chorus and chorus – begins a little higher in the singer’s vocal range. [This is a photograph of Robyn performing.] Figure 10 Robyn performing at Carling Academy, Bristol, 2008. Photo: Lebrecht Music and Arts/Alamy....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...sustain life processes - just one example is the energy needed to synthesise complex carbohydrates, such as cellulose. Energy that is used up in the plant's own metabolism in this way isn't 'locked up' in the form of the plant's cells and tissues, so is therefore not available to herbivores that might eat the plants. This 'lost' energy can no longer flow to the next...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs