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Understanding tax avoidance
Money & Business

Understanding tax avoidance

...system and the responsibility of corporations to society. This episode of the Bottom Line looks at these timely themes in depth. A deceptively simple question: what is tax avoidance? In particular, how can we distinguish it from tax evasion? Tax avoidance is the legal use of the given system to minimise one’s taxes. It can include loopholes and tax haven. Companies who...
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Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...system using pairs of torches, but this doesn't seem to have been widely adopted (the Ancient Greeks were clearly too clever for their contemporaries!). Indeed, it wasn't until the late-18th century that a communications network widely regarded as the precursor to the electrical telegraph came into being. Claude Chappe devised a system of semaphore relay stations which...
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Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...thinking about the world. This means that it involves a certain way of investigating, studying and writing about a topic. In this context, an organism is a living thing – ourselves and other animals, as well as plants, fungi, bacteria and so on. These living things interact with each other in various ways and with the non-living components that make up the environment...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn. This free course, Why maps are made, looks at how we read and evaluate the information in maps and assesses the values embedded within them. From mental maps to public transport and street maps: how do they affect your life?...Cars...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Irish Gothic collection on OpenLearn
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic collection on OpenLearn

...think of the Gothic, you probably do not automatically think of Ireland, but in fact, the Gothic — a cultural form that includes novels, films, art and even computer games — owes a great deal to Irish writers more than 250 years ago. In this resource, you will explore examples of the Irish Gothic from the eighteenth century to the present day and examine the...
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Imagery and metaphor
Money & Business

Imagery and metaphor

...thinking. Employees at a small software company are shown how to access their unconscious minds using the power of imagery, associative thinking and metaphor, to find solutions and creative approaches to their work. Meanwhile at a Neuro-linguistic Programming seminar, participants learn to use metaphor on a deeper level for practical problem-solving. The facilitators also...
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Supply chains: Smart cars
Science, Maths & Technology

Supply chains: Smart cars

...thinking Introducing the funky customisable Smart car, the result of a partnership between Mercedes and Swatch watches Smartville How the innovations continue at Smart's factory, and how the brand image is built Behind the brand The radical re-thinking of the car assembly process and its supply chain, along with 12 on site component suppliers Innovating the aftermarket...
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Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...thinking style’ and identify implications for everyday life appreciate key ideas about brain and nervous system function in autism appreciate the complex role of genetic influences in autism...Week 4: Explaining autism: mind and brain: 1 The psychology of autism: explaining social characteristics - Psychological theories of autism seek to explain the characteristic...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs