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Gaelic in modern Scotland
Gaelic in modern Scotland - for iBooks - September 02, 2011 03:02 - application/epub+zip ★★★★ - 3 ratingsModern Scotland is a multi-lingual country. Gaelic, Scots and English, along with newer introductions from Europe and beyond, all influence the way Scotland’s people now speak to each other and to the rest of the world. Created with the positive encouragement of Bòrd na Gàidhlig and with support ...
Robert Owen and New Lanark
Robert Owen and New Lanark - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:29 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChildcare, education, working conditions, healthcare, crime … these issues are hotly debated in today's society. They are also issues that Robert Owen, seen by some as a visionary and by others as a knave and a charlatan, sought to address in the early 1800s. This unit uses a series of essays wri...
Intergrated safety, health and environmental management: an introduction
Intergrated safety, health and environmental management: an introduction - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:28 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLife is full of risk. In this unit ‘risk’ describes the probability and consequences of harm or, at worst, disaster. Risk management involves many stakeholders and integrated management systems help to ensure that safety, quality, environmental and business risks are all managed correctly. This u...
Influences on corporate governance
Influences on corporate governance - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:27 - application/epub+zipCorporate governance and shareholder activism have gained in importance over recent years. This unit will enable you to consider the issues addressed by corporate governance. You will examine some of the recent scandals and the regulatory reactions to them, before looking at the elements that con...
Key skill assessment unit: working with others
Key skill assessment unit: working with others - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:26 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 1 ratingWorking effectively with other people in a group or a team is a skill valued highly by community and educational organisations, as well as employers. Working in a group is about communicating effectively, contributing ideas, listening and receiving feedback, and leading or following as appropriat...
Health and environment
Health and environment - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:25 - application/epub+zipTo be able to understand the importance of the environment for our health, we need to know a little about the interdependence between environment and humankind. This unit will look at interactions between plants, animals and the physical and chemical environment, as well as considering ways in wh...
Understanding media: the celebrity in the text
Understanding media: the celebrity in the text - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:24 - application/epub+zipKylie Minogue, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman are all prominent celebrities, but how has the media created their status and how does what we read in the press influence our opinion? This unit will teach you how to analyse media texts and look at celebrity in a new light. This study unit is just on...
Thinking about how I work with other professionals
Thinking about how I work with other professionals - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:23 - application/epub+zip ★ - 1 ratingThis work-based unit encourages early years practitioners to think about the values and principles underpinning how they work with other professionals. It explores beliefs about teamwork, examines frameworks for professional communication and concludes with identifying possible changes in practic...
Developing countries in the world trade regime
Developing countries in the world trade regime - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:22 - application/epub+zip ★★ - 2 ratingsFree trade or fair trade? This unit will help you to analyse the relationship that exists between developed and developing countries under the World Trade Organization regime of Development Round negotiations. The current world trade regime has a very mixed record in promoting growth and reducing...
Rights and justice in international relations
Rights and justice in international relations - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:21 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 2 ratingsCan the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it realistic, or even desirable, to aim at an international system based on universal principles of justice? This unit takes a critical view of the assumption that ‘rights are a good thing’ and looks a...
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:20 - application/epub+zipHibernation is an ingenious adaptation that some animals employ to survive difficult conditions in winter. This unit examines the differences between hibernation and torpor, and discusses the characteristic signs of hibernation behaviour. It explores the triggers that bring on hibernation, and wh...
Mountain building in Scotland
Mountain building in Scotland - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:19 - application/epub+zipSome of Britain’s most dramatic scenery is to be found in the Scottish Highlands. The sight of mighty Ben Nevis, the desolate plateau of the Cairngorms, or the imposing landscapes of Glen Coe can unleash the call of the wild in all of us. Although these landforms were largely carved by glacial ac...
An introduction to biological systematics
An introduction to biological systematics - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:18 - application/epub+zipThis unit is concerned with macroevolution – the patterns and processes of evolution above the species level. A crucial consideration in macroevolutionary studies is that of the evolutionary relationships (phylogeny) of the organisms in question. The unit begins with an introduction to the scope ...
Science in the Scottish Enlightenment
Science in the Scottish Enlightenment - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:17 - application/epub+zipHow is it that a small, poor country in northern Europe became one of the most dynamic centres of Enlightenment thinking? This unit examines the cultural, intellectual and religious characteristics of Scotland in the eighteenth century that led to the emergence of such intellectual pioneers as Ja...
Global water resources
Global water resources - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:16 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWater is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there are areas where water supplies are limited,...
Working life and learning
Working life and learning - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:16 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat is your experience of work and what did you learn from this experience? This unit will enable you to reflect upon what you have learned from work and support you in improving how you learn at work. It will encourage you to think critically about work-based learning and review your own profes...
Managing to meet service users' needs
Managing to meet service users' needs - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:13 - application/epub+zipFrontline managers are responsible for gathering service user views on their needs. Whose views should be taken into account? How do managers gather views? This unit helps you consider ways of getting feedback from service users, and shows the inclusive approach of a manager of a voluntary sector...
Children's rights
Children's rights - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:10 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow do children fit in to our society? This unit will help you to understand the issues surrounding children's rights as well as examining the implications of seeing children as citizens. You will also explore the meaning of childhood and analyse children's needs. This study unit is just one of m...
Modelling heat transfer
Modelling heat transfer - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:09 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 1 ratingThis unit is the fourth in the MSXR209 series of five units on mathematical modelling. In this unit you will be taken through the whole modelling process in detail, from creating a first simple model, through evaluating it, to the subsequent revision of the model by changing one of the assumption...
Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences
Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:08 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 2 ratingsHave you ever wondered what skills are needed to get the most out of reading social science materials? This unit looks at how reading skills are developed and provides three questions that should be kept in mind when working through Social Science texts and extracts. This study unit is just one o...
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:07 - application/epub+zipMuseums give children experiences above and beyond the everyday – experiences that enrich and build upon classroom teaching and learning. Taking pupils to a museum, or bringing museum artefacts into school, instantly changes the dynamics of the usual learning environment. It gives you as a teache...
Iron transport and storage
Iron transport and storage - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:06 - application/epub+zipThis unit looks at the methods that have been developed by organisms for the uptake, transport and storage of iron: a process made more complicated by the insolubility of its oxides and hydroxides. You will examine iron storage in mammals, including humans, is achieved by ferritin, which stores i...
Scattering and tunnelling
Scattering and tunnelling - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:05 - application/epub+zipScattering is fundamental to almost everything we know about the world, such as why the sky is blue. Tunnelling is entirely quantum-mechanical and gives rise to such phenomena as nuclear fusion in stars. Examples and applications of both these fascinating concepts are investigated in this unit. T...
Modelling with differential equations: oscillations
Modelling with differential equations: oscillations - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:04 - application/epub+zip ★ - 1 ratingThis unit is intended to develop your understanding of Newtonian mechanics in relation to oscillating systems. In addition to a basic grounding in calculus, this unit assumes that you have some understanding of how to solve second-order linear constant-coefficient differential equations; how to t...
Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people
Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:03 - application/epub+zipThis unit introduces you to analysing academic writing and, in particular, the way an article might be structured to clearly explain an investigation to other researchers. It explores observation of children and young people using qualitative observation approaches in small-scale studies. This st...
Modelling with Fourier series
Modelling with Fourier series - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:02 - application/epub+zip ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis unit shows how partial differential equations can be used to model phenomena such as waves and heat transfer. The prerequisite requirements to gain full advantage from this unit are an understanding of ordinary differential equations and basic familiarity with partial differential equations....
Modelling static problems
Modelling static problems - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:01 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 1 ratingThis unit lays the foundation of the subject of mechanics. Mechanics is concerned with how and why objects stay put, and how and why they move. In particular, this unit - Modelling Static Problems - considers why objects stay put. And it assumes that you have a good working knowledge of vectors. ...
Web guide
Web guide - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 02:00 - application/epub+zipFrightened of the internet? This unit will help you make effective use of the internet, giving you the basic skills required for using web-based resources. Useful tricks and tips are provided as well as information on web browsers, the main features of a browser window, how to look at websites, u...
What do we mean by family?
What do we mean by family? - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 01:59 - application/epub+zipThe idea of ‘family’ is very powerful in contemporary UK culture and policy. Family lives have been the subject of many anxieties both at the personal and policy levels. How do public debates relate to people’s everyday experiences of families? In this unit, you can explore the many attempts at d...
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century - for iBooks - August 01, 2011 01:58 - application/epub+zipThis unit examines the role that Scots played in contributing to the developments in healthcare during the nineteenth century. The radical transformation of medicine in Europe included the admission of women as doctors and the increased numbers of specialised institutions such as asylums. Such de...
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