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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...et al. (eds) The State or the Market: Politics and Welfare in Contemporary Britain, second edition, London, Sage. Plummer, K. (1992) ‘Speaking its name: inventing a gay and lesbian studies’, in Plummer, K. (ed.) Modern Homosexualities, London, Routledge. Smart, C. (1995) Law, Crime and Sexuality, London, Sage. Wilson, G. (1981) Love and Instinct, London, Temple...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...axes these are: cap s hat sub x equals italic h over two pi divided by two times matrix row 1column 1 01 row 2column 1 10 comma cap s hat sub y equals italic h over two pi divided by two times matrix row 1column 1 zero minus minus i row 2column 1 i zero comma cap s hat sub z equals italic h over two pi divided by two times matrix row 1column 1 10 row 2column 1 zero minus...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...et al. 2008). [A picture of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.] Figure 2The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Should you wish to read the UDHR in more detail a PDF version is available via this link: Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UDHR is one of the world’s most translated documents yet it does not have the force of law, rather it sets...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...et al., 2017) in a separate tab and answer the questions below. Rather than reading the full report, try to find the relevant information by skimming the article. By the end of this activity, you will have had practice in finding key information quickly from a web page or online document. Question 1 Are the models of funding healthcare exclusive or complementary? Through...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...et al. (2000), and Holt and Newton (2004). The new problems may sometimes be made more complex when older laws, drafted before software and the internet existed, get reinterpreted for this new context. The internet in particular has caused the law to become more international – for when crimes are committed on the internet, it is frequently not clear where,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...et left to resent such usage as this. The vehemence and explicitness of these and other attacks on Hume's character is at odds with the charity often extended to those who have recently died. Ten years later Smith expressed his amazement at the reaction to Hume's temperament before his death, and to his own description of it in the letter to Strahan: A single, and as I...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...et al., 2003). Sharing your thoughts in writing on an online forum may lead to feelings of success, especially when you get positive feedback or stimulate a discussion. So far, you have reflected on your own experiences of using online learning forums and how you feel – or would feel – about using them. You have also begun to consider some of the learning benefits of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...et error. [Described image] Figure 9 Photograph of a statue of Ovid that still stands today in Constanta, Romania (the location of the town that was called ‘Tomis’ in Ovid’s time). The statue was put up in 1887 and is the work of an Italian sculptor, Ettore Ferrari. The same sculptor also made a copy of this statue which was installed in Ovid’s hometown Sulmo in...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs