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Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...economic problems was to propose a tax on jobs. We stopped that and today this Government is taking tax off jobs. A new employment allowance that helps small firms, a 20% rate of corporation tax and a £10,000 personal allowance - major achievements delivered by this Government in difficult times. We understand that the way to restore our economic prosperity is to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...economically useful to them. I was going to mention the social media platforms Even if you’re not on them, they track you. So what you’re talking about is disrupting this whole model… And turning it upside down… It goes beyond the uberisation of the economy. What this is about is actually a totally different way of thinking about data. If you think of how we’re...
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Article 10 mins
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...Economic Foundation. It shows how different aspects of our wellbeing connect with each other and how improvements in one area can influence other parts of an individual’s experiences. While we often think of wellbeing as being a personal issue that relates to our individual mood and coping skills, even people who have a great deal of personal resilience and who are...
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Article 10 mins
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...Economic, Social and Cultural Issues’, the Agreement committed its co-guarantors to taking a series of actions and interventions aimed at recognising ‘the importance of respect, understanding and tolerance’, citing Irish as ‘part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland.’ For the very first time, the British Government was party to an agreement which...
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Article 5 mins
Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...economic, and so on. This is the approach taken in the OpenLearn course Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes, created with Religious Studies staff at the OU, which is also free on OpenLearn. We can start with particular concepts we tend to associate with religion, and then examine these from a variety of perspectives. This is the approach taken by...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences

...economic priorities? Are there some kinds of people, some kinds of activities, which are valued more than others? Are there social norms built in here? Are there common senses? What things get defined as problems? What are thought to be good ways of dealing with them? All those have got a whole set of premises, assumptions. They carry a lot of ideas about the social world...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...economic climate, religion, culture, acquisition of knowledge or life experiences, yet views are rarely fixed and change over time. Read this short quote from the Department for Education (DfE): Education is the great leveller. Every single child should have access to an education that equips them with the knowledge, skills and experiences needed to fulfil their...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...economically inactive on what remain of the nation's council estates (for much of the best housing has been sold into owner-occupation) does not simply reflect existing economic inequalities but actually contributes to new ones. While home owners of all social classes share in the expansion of the country's wealth by virtue of their ownership of domestic property, those...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs