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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...writing in 1801, “who does not accept the clear fact that the greatest possible number of law-abiding and hard-working men constitutes the happiness, strength and wealth of any state”. Statesmen and public-spirited individuals therefore devoted attention to building this healthy population. It was the productivity puzzle of the 18th century. Clearly, to do this...
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Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...write the story, they will spend six months or a year researching what they’re going to shoot. So if they did say, ‘By the way we’re going to shoot an environmental aspect of this,’ then it would have had to have had it written in the script, it would have been part of the script, and at some part or other there would be a debate or question about why it’s going...
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Як написати резюме
Education & Development

Як написати резюме

...writing] 5. Будьте лаконічні Організуйте інформаційне наповнення так, щоб ваше резюме складало не більше двох сторінок формату А4. Спробуйте включити короткий «Особистий профіль» на початку та переконайтеся,...
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Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...write a working definition of development management apply the complexity, emergence, difference (CoDE) framework to selected cases of development management develop some initial judgements of ‘good’ development management...Discovering development management: 1 Starting your exploration - Copestake and Williams (2014, p. 149) state that: Development management is in...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...write out full questions asking someone whether they want to go with you to these events. You can write in the boxes below, or in a notebook or similar. Use the day and activity given, and make up a possible time, as in the example. You can then practise asking the questions aloud. You may want to record yourself and then listen to it. Example Suggestion given: lunes /...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...Write single words or short notes; don’t worry about your spelling or other features of your language accuracy: in this task you are developing your listening comprehension skills, your ability to understand spoken French rather than your ability to write accurately. Je m’appelle Peggy. J’habite à Tours plus précisément à Tours-Nord, c’est la région Centre....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...writing he is on remand in prison awaiting his trial. However, this was not the only consequence of the risk management failings at UBS. Shortly after the discovery of the losses, the Chief Executive of UBS, Oswald Grubel, resigned. The bank was also criticised for its risk management failures by some of its largest shareholders. UBS subsequently announced plans to reduce...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...write notes on the ‘voluntary’ aspects of the organisation using the NCVO’s definition: Does your chosen organisation have a board of unpaid trustees? What do the trustees do? Where does the organisation’s funding come from? For example, is it funded by donations from the public, membership fees or grants from government? Does the organisation involve volunteers...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs