New Ibook Education Podcasts

Gaelic in modern Scotland - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
Modern 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 ...

Robert Owen and New Lanark - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Childcare, 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 ...

Intergrated safety, health and environmental management: an introduction - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Life 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 hel...

Influences on corporate governance - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
Corporate 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 ...

Key skill assessment unit: working with others - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★ - 1 rating
Working 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 effec...

Health and environment - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
To 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 ...

Understanding media: the celebrity in the text - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
Kylie 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 t...

Thinking about how I work with other professionals - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★ - 1 rating
This 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 ...

Developing countries in the world trade regime - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★ - 2 ratings
Free 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 n...

Rights and justice in international relations - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratings
Can 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 j...

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
Hibernation 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 chara...

Mountain building in Scotland - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
Some 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 u...

An introduction to biological systematics - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This 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 relati...

Global water resources - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Water 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 sus...

Working life and learning - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★ - 7 ratings
What 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 ...

Children's rights - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
How 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 ...

Modelling heat transfer - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★ - 1 rating
This 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 mod...

Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratings
Have 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 b...

Iron transport and storage - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This 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....

Scattering and tunnelling - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
Scattering 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 ...

Modelling with differential equations: oscillations - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★ - 1 rating
This 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 und...

Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This 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 o...

Modelling with Fourier series - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This 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 underst...

Modelling static problems - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago - ★★★ - 1 rating
This 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 ...

Web guide - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
Frightened 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 we...

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This 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 admissio...

Using vectors to model - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This unit introduces the topic of vectors. The subject is developed without assuming you have come across it before, but the unit assumes that you have previously had a basic grounding in algebra a...

Working together for children: Stirling - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
The care of children, especially those with disabilities, is surrounded by complex issues. Learning to navigate these difficulties while helping children to lead a happy and fulfilling life is the ...

Chartered teachers in Scotland - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
Teachers often have little spare time to reflect on the day's lessons and challenges. However, this evaluation of teaching and learning experiences is vital to their professional development. This ...

Working on your own mathematics - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: over 12 years ago
This unit focuses on your initial encounters with research. It invites you to think about how perceptions of mathematics have influenced you in your prior learning, your teaching and the attitudes ...