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The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...family brewery. Science was just a hobby. [A black and white portrait of James Joule.] Figure 2 image of James Joule. Joule was fascinated by different types of energy and how one could be converted to another. Particularly puzzling was how the energy generated by, say, a falling weight could be converted to heat. On his honeymoon in the Swiss Alps, Joule took a very...
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...family of four), compared to just 4.9% of white households’, while CBS News ranked New Orleans as the fourth highest in its study of cities with greatest inequality of the top 100 richest U.S. cities (Picchi, 2018). The role of structural inequality in any context is contested and how it is viewed can be seen as strongly connected to political and economic ideologies...
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...family member for inspiration. Hallo, mein Name ist Frauke Burmeister. Ich bin dreiundvierzig Jahre alt und wohne in Stralsund. Eigentlich komme ich aus Magdeburg, dort bin ich zur Schule gegangen und habe eine Ausbildung zur Krankenschwester gemacht. Danach habe ich fünf Jahre in einem Krankenhaus in Stendal gearbeitet. Jetzt wohne ich in Stralsund und arbeite in einer...
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...families relying on food parcels, and that has been variously described as being ‘in chaos’ and ‘shambolic’. Such problems have become a familiar story and the steady stream of failures seems destined to continue into the future. During the same period a committee of members of parliament issued a warning that of 254 government-funded computer projects currently...
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...family's wealth. My dad came from a working class background, but he was an entrepreneur. is an entrepreneur, and he set up a successful restaurant business. So, me and my brother grew up in sort of, relative privilege. And my kind of teenage rebellion was sort of, almost throwing that back in his face and kind of saying, why is it fair that we have these flash cars and...
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...family or employees, wind it up or be taken over. As you are deciding what structure your business will take, you should have this in mind...Session 2: From idea to reality: 1.1 Motivation and context - What is your motivation? Is this a lifestyle business, e.g. a way to earn a living that fits with your lifestyle, using mainly your own skills, talents and/or time? Does...
Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...family, or they have to protect themselves in a way. And I think the health board would be unremitting in its treatment of various consultants who broke ranks. David Lewis I think that it’s only fair that we don’t lay all of the blame on [INAUDIBLE]. A lot of the change in practice has been imposed from Royal Colleges and other colleagues in the disciplines that we...
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...family car. The result was the launch of the Austin Seven (later called the Austin Mini) in 1959, which sold at a relatively low price of £537 (including taxes of £158). Although not an immediate success, it went on to become a mass selling car for Austin Morris. The launch of the Austin Seven caught the attention of the competition, in particular the Ford Motor Company...