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Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...health, the general environment, buildings and crops. These damage costs are often referred to as external costs (or externalities). The discipline of environmental economics involves determining the level of these external costs and using economic instruments to make organisations and individuals liable for the external costs that they generate. Considering external...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...Wellbeing References Bakker, A. B. and Leiter, M. B. (2010) Work Engagement: A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research. London: Psychology Press. Besieux, T. (2017) ‘Why I hate feedback: Anchoring effective feedback within organizations’, Business Horizons, 60(4), pp. 435–9, doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2017.03.001. Shute, V. (2008) ‘Focus on formative feedback’,...
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English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...health and wellbeing. Download the text now. Activity 7 Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes Read only the introductory paragraph, the headings and the topic sentence of each paragraph. Then answer the questions that follow. I recommend printing out this text as you will refer to it again while working through the next few activities. Question 1 Having skim read the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?

...health dangers of NFL football, following the mounting evidence that repeated concussions can lead to degenerative brain disease - chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). CTE is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by a diminished ability to think critically, slower motor skills, and can lead to volatile mood swings. Unfortunately, at the current time, CTE can only...
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Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...health service that all EU citizens currently enjoy. Meanwhile, 51% want to end the automatic right of people in the rest of the EU to come to Britain to live and work. In other words they want to scrap the freedom of movement provisions that many in the EU regard as one of the cornerstones of the institution. Nevertheless, when these very same respondents were asked...
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Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...Health Visitors Citizens Advice Bureau Local Doctor Counselling support Student Pregnancy and Maternity Kids Days out Open University Student Association (OUSA) Societies/clubs Tips on balancing studies (time management) Student-parents with Disabilities Student-parents with additional caring responsibilities Finance and funding Budgeting tips Being a student-parent is...
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British public open to compromise on Brexit deal, new research finds
Society, Politics & Law

British public open to compromise on Brexit deal, new research finds

...health insurance to cover emergencies, they were keen for there to be as little red tape as possible. Their desire for people to be able to travel visa-free – whether Britons visiting Lisbon, or Bulgarians visiting London – was the most strongly valued statement across all of the attributes included in the study. Little appetite for ‘no deal’ Brexit The research...
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London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi
Nature & Environment

London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi

...health consequences. Over 4,000 people are thought to have died in London’s 1952 smog. By today 8,700 people in London will have died prematurely in 2017 because of major air pollutants, with more than one person an hour dying before their time. Globally, premature deaths linked to air pollution are estimated to be more than 12 per minute, or about one every five...
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