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Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...economically feasible (cost-effective) way. A cost object is defined as anything for which a separate measurement of costs is desired. For instance, in an analysis of sales regions, the salaries, commissions and expenses of sales personnel working exclusively in one territory constitute direct costs of that territory. Indirect costs are all costs that cannot be directly...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol

...Economic Forum, a ysgrifennwyd fis Mehefin 2020, yn ystod pandemig COVID-19, yn rhoi cipolwg ar y dechnoleg a all fod angen i ni ei deall ac ymgysylltu â hi eisoes, a hynny yn ein bywydau personol a'n bywydau proffesiynol (World Economic Forum, 2020). Mae buddion anfwriadol i'r amgylchedd yn ystod cyfnod clo pandemig COVID-19 'oherwydd cyfyngiadau ar deithio ac arafu'n...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...economics: as Paul Lawrence has written, ‘unlike the factory industrialization of the nineteenth century [...] which had concentrated people near coalfields and water sources, the capitalism of the twentieth century favored large capital cities and commercial centers’ (Lawrence, 2005). Thus, the first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...economic status On the other hand, factors that make people want to take part include: A desire to serve the community, change things and/or make a difference Personal invitation to become involved Practical or rational reasons (for instance, personal benefit) Positive experiences of participation The existence of activist cultures and social capital Local leadership...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...economic background purely on the basis of my accent (or perceived lack of local accent) and saw me as ‘middle-class’ which was not how I saw myself. Since then, I have taught in various primary schools, mainly in Birmingham, where I am aware of my responsibilities of being a language role model, particularly where pupils are new (or relatively new) to English. Though...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The metagenomics revolution: an introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

The metagenomics revolution: an introduction

...economic, or societal impacts. The researchers also detected Le Dantec virus, which was not seen in Uganda since 1969. Why was metagenomic sequencing useful in this study? Since metagenomic sequencing is an agnostic method, it can detect unexpected, rare, and emerging viruses that routine tests had missed. What is the public health importance of finding viruses such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...economics tend to focus on relationships between groups of people. This is not a hard and fast distinction, for example there is a branch of psychology called social psychology. This week you will: explore how social science sees families and relationships revisit the cycle of enquiry discuss how the role of women has changed learn about the concept of division of labour...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Continuity and learning
Education & Development

Continuity and learning

...Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and ran from 2004 until 2008. Its aim was to increase understanding of formal and informal learning. The project involved in-depth interviews with 117 adults aged between 25 and 85 years. The project took a biographical approach by asking adults to narrate their lifetime learning and work experiences. One of the findings is that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs