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Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...institutions. Recent years have, though, seen renewed growth in personal debt – particularly unsecured debt. Activity 1 Why has personal debt in the UK risen so much? Timing: Allow approximately 5 minutes for this activity Can you think of any factors that have contributed to the huge rise in personal debt in recent decades? If you can come up with more than one factor,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...Institute (NZLI), University of Auckland. He secured his PhD at Cranfield University, basing his thesis on public sector leadership development programmes. Prior to earning his PhD he worked in professional politics – but that seems like a long time ago now … Carol Jacklin-Jarvis is a lecturer in management at the Open University Business School’s Department of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...institutions. Erode public trust: money laundering erodes public trust in the integrity of the financial system, and it can also weaken the economy...Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour: 4 Categories of criminal offences - The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is the legislation that primarily obstructs and prevents money laundering. It imposes obligations upon accountants,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...et al. (2016), offers some good reasons for making sure young children have the opportunity for outdoor play time. Health and physical development: in recent years, childhood obesity rates around the world have increased. To combat this many countries are recommending outdoor activity for all children. Physical play outdoors provides important opportunities for the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...et cetera. But the point is, these discourses explain the changing relationships over time within these communities, and the way they got established and the way they are sustained. And the final thing I'd like to say is that all of this question of the power relationships leads us on to the ability to mobilise resources and to act politically. And it should never be...
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Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...et al. (2008, p.5) define mental health and wellness as the absence of mental illness, such as depression, and the ability to cope with daily challenges in a positive, optimistic and constructive manner. Using this definition there are potentially two ways in which exercise can benefit mental health. First, exercise can prevent or reduce the extent of mental illnesses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...et al., 2008; note that ‘et al.’ indicates that there were several other authors) Less than 40 years before this woefully optimistic claim, at least 20 million people had died in 1918–19 from influenza, most of them young adults in the UK, USA and Europe. Public health officials in the USA in the 1940s were actively campaigning to halt the spread of tuberculosis...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...institution that had previously been reserved only for White students. That evening, President Kennedy took a firm stance, delivering a speech on live television that denounced segregation and promised to take legislative action: it ought to be possible … for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs