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A Global History of Sex and Gender: Bodies and Power in the Modern World

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A History of Royal Fashion

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Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime

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Basic First Aid: How to Be an Everyday Hero

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Becoming a Dentist

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Biomedical Visualisation

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Cancer in the 21st Century: The Genomic Revolution

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Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers

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Climate and Energy: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

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Communicating Climate Change for Effective Climate Action

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Cultural impact of housing displacement gentrification

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Data-Driven Leadership Skills

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Diversity and Inclusion in Education

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Early Modern Scottish Palaeography: Reading Scotland's Records

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Ecopedagogy for Beginners: Putting Climate Change Education Into Action

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End of Life Care: Challenges and Innovation

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Functional Programming in Haskell: Supercharge Your Coding

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Gender-Based Violence: Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse

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Generative AI for Healthcare Students and Professionals

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Generative AI in Education

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Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs)

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Getting Started with Teaching Data Science in Schools

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History of Slavery in the British Caribbean

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Interpreting for Refugees: Contexts, Practices and Ethics

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Introduction to Breastfeeding for Medical Students

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Introduction to Climate Justice and Equity

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Introduction to Critical Care Medicine

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Introduction to Teaching Sustainability and Climate Action

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MBA Essentials

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Mindfulness: A Focus on Adolescents

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Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World

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Plurilingual Classrooms in Action

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Global Context

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Research Impact: Making a Difference

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Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy

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Safeguarding in Collaborative Research and International Development: Contexts,

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So You Want to Study Life Science?

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Study Medicine: Applying for Medical School and Becoming a Medical Student

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Supporting young people’s mental wellbeing post-COVID

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Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy

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TESOL Strategies: Supporting ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms

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The Life and Afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots

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The Right to Education: Breaking Down the Barriers

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The Scottish Highland Clans: Origins, Decline and Transformation

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Understanding and Measuring the Earth’s Energy Imbalance

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Understanding Suicide and Suicide Prevention Strategies in a Global Context

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Uniting for a Sustainable Future: An Introduction to Global Sustainability

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Working Supportively With Refugees: Principles, Skills and Perspectives