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Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?

...technological futures, and new era stories influence behaviour and become instruments of power in markets and societies; and it argues that the market impact of shared calculative devices, social narratives, and contingent imaginaries underlines the rationale for a new form of narrative economics. Particular attention is paid to how central banks expend huge efforts on...
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Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
Money & Business

Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market

...technology. Free trade zone offers new hope Planned since 1997, Shanghai proclaimed that the Free Trade Zone to be China’s first economic experimental area in September 2013. The Chinese government issued a notice that welcomes foreign game companies manufacturing and selling game devices, after approval by the Ministry of Culture (in accordance with the guidelines of...
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Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...technology, and a multi-generational workforce. Coupled with the pandemic, these changes drive productivity and new business operating models, supporting innovation; delivery of business processes; virtual customers and suppliers; and virtual employee communication and engagement. There is also an increase in the use of contractors, virtual teams and homeworking, flexible...
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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...education, since the views and perspectives of these groups are not well reflected in western society. Like many UK institutions, Buckingham Palace in its efforts to modernise, invited Black and Brown people to events, but need to do much more work on how to ensure their events are inclusive. This involves better understanding of the part that the British Empire played in...
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Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...Education...Children and young people’s participation: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the complexity of participation for children and young people compare and contrast different cultural perspectives and experiences of participation reflect critically on personal professional practice and assumptions regarding...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
FGM law and ethics in the UK and Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM law and ethics in the UK and Ireland

...education, and social services to reinforce child protection and child protection orders. Children can be moved to safety and compulsory supervision orders imposed. Ireland Legislation In Ireland the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 criminalised Irish nationals and residents performing, assisting, or procuring FGM, including extraterritorial acts. Key...
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Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...technologies and other actions, which will include behavioural change, needed to stabilise the global climate...Climate change and renewable energy: 1 The third planet - Why does life exist on Earth but not, apparently, on our neighbouring planets? The Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Its orbit lies between that of Venus, which is closer to the Sun, and that of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...education, beliefs, values, traditions, customs and norms, and we are socialised into ‘our’ world by dint of our birthplace, our primary caregivers and era...Introducing Union Black: 1.2 So, what is compassion? - The major difference between compassion and empathy is that empathy is about understanding the suffering of others, but it stops short of actually helping...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs