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Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...based on the real-life experiences of a service user of a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS)...There is much discussion about the issue of children and young people’s mental health problems in the media, and we often hear this issue referred to as a ‘crisis’. But what does the evidence say? Are rates of mental health problems rising? In this free...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...based monarch were an affront to King James VI, who embarked on a programme to unify the nation by turning his subjects into a monoglot English-speaking people. He attempted to break the power of the Highland clans and to plant Lowlanders in Gaelic-speaking areas, although he was notably unsuccessful in Lewis, where a band of would-be settlers, known as the Fife...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...de la langue latine (rev. version of 7th edn), Paris. Palmer, L.R. (1954) The Latin Language, London...Continuing classical Latin: Acknowledgements - Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources: Course image: POP in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. James Clackson Trevor Fear Geoffrey Horrocks Naoko Yamagata Every effort...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Film: Creative or Cultural?
Money & Business

Film: Creative or Cultural?

...based on creativity and intellectual property. The dilemma is that, while the cultural industries can be defined as those that generate symbolic meaning, (as we have seen above), official definitions of the “creative industries” make no reference to symbolic meaning and could involve any type of creative activity. Using this definition individual creativity could...
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Article 5 mins
How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?

...based ‘reactive ion’ etching process to create nanopillars causes the normally shiny surface of the titanium to turn black. This black titanium while being bactericidal does not compromise eukaryotic cell attachment which is important for the integration of the implant with bones and tissues. The method shows promise in engineering next-generation biomaterials for...
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Article 5 mins
Vertical high pressure die casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Vertical high pressure die casting

...base of the die. Pressure is applied to the shot piston so that the molten metal is forced vertically into the die cavity, and left to solidify, producing a high density casting...1. Drive cylinder mechanism is tilted to a slight angle from the vertical. Molten metal is automatically ladled into the shot chamber. [Diagram to demonstrate molten metal being poured slowly...
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Stretch forming
Science, Maths & Technology

Stretch forming

...based alloys or reinforced concrete. At low pressures, a light lubricating oil is applied to the block by brush or spray. At high pressures, HP grease is smeared on the tool. Stretch-wrapping consists of first stretching the sheet beyond its yield point while it is still straight, and then wrapping it around a form block. In one type of machine, the workpiece is gripped...
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Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...based on real life experiences of social workers, but for the purpose of this activity all characters have been fictionalised and details have also been greatly simplified. As you read through each stage of the case study, you will be asked to stop and make a decision. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers - different people have different needs and values, and...
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Activity 5 mins