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Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?
Money & Business

Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?

...Thinking a bit more like an economist can help you avoid this mistake, and save a lot of money. Surge in tourists A century ago, international travel was only for the rich. These days, almost anyone from an industrialized country can see a bit of the world on a budget. While people commonly complain about “high” airfares, the real cost of flying has never been less...
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How do you know you are in a smart city?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you know you are in a smart city?

Integrated urban technology is less apparent when it is functioning well says, Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford...Recorded at The Open University for BBC Radio 4's sociological discussion programme, Thinking Allowed. Transcript
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Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...systems have been built around certain assumptions about what’s ‘normal’: white, middle-class, non-disabled norms that shape whose voices get heard and whose get dismissed (Tyack, 1974). This is precisely why some scholars describe autoethnography as ‘a radical democratic politics’ that creates space for conversations that can actually change things (Holman...
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Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...think we are in terms of coming up with technological solutions that will meet our ambitions on climate change? FB: The energy is at the heart of the climate change problem, because more than two thirds of the emissions come from the energy sector, by far the most important sector. Therefore we have to find solutions within the energy sector if we are serious to address...
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Hans Rosling: Presenting data on carbon emissions
Science, Maths & Technology

Hans Rosling: Presenting data on carbon emissions

Think China is the biggest gas guzzler? Hans Rosling exposes this myth by showing carbon emissions per capita...Transcript Watch more videos in this series All videos shown were produced by Wingspan Productions Explore more on data representation and statistics
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...think, because ultimately we're helping them to understand their practise and themselves. So, actually, it's not necessarily about you having all the answers and information and imparting that on them. Actually, it's about helping them to reflect better or understand what they've done and, and that's really powerful. Video 1 There are three points that can be taken from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...Thinking about leadership - In this section you will consider the increasing emphasis on leadership in early years practice. As a concept, leadership can be interpreted in a variety of ways, dependent on social and cultural contexts. The growing emphasis on leadership is based on the premise that effective leadership will mean improved outcomes for children’s care,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...think about the largely negative effects of power – on the body and on the mind. You will explore how the body is restricted and potentially liberated as power affects movement, space and life. In terms of the mind, you will consider how the legacy of colonialism continues to affect mental health and the capacity of people to lead in ways that enhance equity. You will...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs