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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...money to influence the economy? Listen to this podcast to find out. A pre-election rise in interest rates would confirm Britain’s economic recovery. And might also sink it, writes Alan Shipman in this Society Matters article. Each year, the Office of National Statistics tweaks the contents of the baskets used to track inflation. What gets added or dropped tells how our...
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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...business, and are associated with crime and other perceived threats to the rest of society. The appeal is to a sense of social order. Both routes acknowledge the importance of social differentiation, but they do so in different ways. The first implies that steps need to be taken to reverse or compensate for the inequalities or unfairness that arises from particular social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...business links with Chinese-speaking countries. Or perhaps you are simply fascinated by the sound, the script and its ancient civilisation. There are so many reasons for learning Chinese, so many motivations and rewards, but sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. This course offers you an excellent start to achieving a basic understanding of the structure...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...business studies and the social sciences. Over time, multiple theories of leadership have been developed, each one retaining influences from the discipline in which it originated. For example, examining the behaviours and traits of individual leaders continues to be an area of study for those drawing on a background of psychology, whereas researchers emerging from a...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
A modest liking for Liverpool
History & The Arts

A modest liking for Liverpool

...busy and murmurous American arrivals. One could hardly get at the office window, on account of them, to plead for a room. A dense group of our countrywomen were buying picture-postals of the rather suave office-ladies, and helplessly fawning on them in the inept confidences of American women with all persons in official or servile attendance. "Let me stay here," one of...
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Article 10 mins
Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...businesses too, linked to harbours, fish markets and processing facilities…. As our analysis shows, there is very little here to celebrate, and plenty to be worried about for the future of Scotland’s fishing interests’. Such claims from a leading SNP spokesperson were not unexpected, but this could also be read as but the latest stage in the ongoing struggle between...
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Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...businesses and community groups, and help raise additional revenue. There is clear amenity value of the Falls to the local community, which was enhanced in 1994 by the acquisition of an additional 15 acres of surrounding woodlands. These are slowly being developed to provide woodland walks and nature trails. Fishing and bird watching are also encouraged, as are field...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...busy stage of their lives. There are three main transition points for most 11–19 year-olds: subject and course choices around age 14 at the end of compulsory schooling to post-16 education and/or training; at age 18 to higher education or employment. Activity 4 will help you gain some basic knowledge of the opportunities available. You should refer your students to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs