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The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...technological advances and a rapidly changing 21st-century economy. There are some key factors for ‘wage stagnation’ that exist across contexts – including the shift from full employment to employability, the decline of unions and the international ‘race to the bottom’. Lawrence Mishel’s report Causes of Wage Stagnation for the Economic Policy Institute...
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...technology 6: Make new friends, but don’t forget your old ones [Two female flatmates chatting on the sofa] Make an effort to strike up conversations with other students on your course and to be sociable with your flatmates, but don't forget to check in on friends and family back home. This article explains why friendships are so important... Why friendships are vital to...
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Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?

...technology is actually reducing the discrimination,” he says. NEEDS previously won awards for its mHealth projects. Alain Labrique, founding director of the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative, Baltimore, US, says, “There is a lot of data — including our own — showing rapidly decreasing 'digital divides'. Not having a phone is not, in my...
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What does climate change mean for Pakistan?
Nature & Environment

What does climate change mean for Pakistan?

...Technology. The study, published this month (June) in Atmospheric Research, shows that Pakistan was hit by 126 heat waves of varying durations over the 1997‒2015 period for an average of seven heat waves per year. This year, at least 65 people have died in the capital Karachi, and temperatures in parts of the country have exceeded 40 degrees Celsius for weeks, reaching...
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What is forensic science?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is forensic science?

...technology and new experimental approaches. The term forensic comes from the Latin word forensis, which refers to a Roman business place known as the forum. The forum was a busy site where civic meetings were convened and criminal matters were debated. People accused of a crime, and their accuser, would go the forum and their arguments were presented to the judiciary....
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Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...technology and the changing planet. ...All images courtesy of Doug Allan are (c) Doug Allan Doug Allan Doug Allan spent seven years in Antarctica as a research diver, scientist and photographer for the British Antarctic Survey, before changing direction to full time filming in 1983. Since then he has become one of the world’s best known and respected cameramen. He...
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...education and care. When a baby is born, there is often a wealth of friends and family who are ready to offer advice and guidance to the new parent on the best way to care for the young child. That advice is informed by family practices and society's expectations. Once the child enters a more formal care setting, advice continues to abound. It is often dictated by policy,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...technology is highlighted...This free course, How teams work, provides an introduction to working in virtual project teams by explaining terms and concepts related to teams and to projects. The complexity of the interaction of people and technology is highlighted....How teams work: Introduction - In this course we shall explore some of the concepts, issues and theories...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs