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What is ROWE - and does it deliver results?
Money & Business

What is ROWE - and does it deliver results?

...styles have ebbed and flowed in popularity. There are nearly as many strategies as there are businesses that use them. One of the most recent is ROWE, or results-only work environments. The theory behind ROWE? Employees should be evaluated – and compensated – on the work they produce, not the number of hours they work. It aims to dismantle the idea that more hours...
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Article 5 mins
Voice of Indian Song
History & The Arts

Voice of Indian Song

...style, and explains the emotions and meaning behind the songs of her culture. This material is drawn from The Open University course AA317 Words and music... Voice of Indian Song A short introduction to this album Becoming a Singer Sudokshina Chatterjee explains why she started to sing, and her journey from the first singing lesson to now. The Voice Sudokshina Chatterjee...
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Audio 19 mins
Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?

...profiles, which were utilised to target users with personalised political advertisements. This data was then used by data analytics firms such as Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ to produce targeted posts and advertisements, using profiling algorithms, in an attempt to sway voters. Some advertisements/posts were not identified as being political, and all were inserted...
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Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?
Money & Business

Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?

...style of coffee drinking, or import its American hybrid coffee culture. The vast majority of coffee sales in Italy are of straight espresso, consumed standing at the bar, during a break during the working day. People do not hang about in coffee shops, as an espresso can be drunk in a few sips, while a cappuccino is rarely taken beyond breakfast time. These habits were...
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How can you tell that you're not experiencing a delusion?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you tell that you're not experiencing a delusion?

...profile types. One of the treatment profile groups consisted of patients that acknowledged a need for treatment but yet were non-compliant. For example the patient who said: “I need a skunk, spliff and a joint to treat me. The doctor’s treatment is crap.” In the other treatment profiles, there were patients who did not believe themselves to be ill or in need of...
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Quiz: Which Brontë sister wrote it?
History & The Arts

Quiz: Which Brontë sister wrote it?

...styles but can you tell their writing apart from the other?...Sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë have become known for their radical novels and poems. Their brilliant imaginations were said to have stemmed from their close relationships as children where they would tell tales and write stories as part of their creative play. Eventually this led to collaborative...
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Indian Raga Music
History & The Arts

Indian Raga Music

...music, what it means to the performer and how the style has spread through generations. Bata Chalata: Composition Composition in Indian music, looking at equal footings to both instrument and voice. Voice and Instrument The difference between voice and instrument, and their different qualities. Vocal forms The differences between each method of playing the instruments....
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Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...styles and museums - It is generally accepted that children and adults learn most effectively in a variety of ways, that we have as human beings a range of differentiated learning styles. If we had access to resources like this, we could make learning real … Having the freedom to walk a bit more, have a bit more space, spread out into this environment is so conducive to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs