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Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...write a definition 15 minutes [Quiz] Activity 12 Drawbacks of traditional management accounting Answer the questions 15 minutes This free course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B253 and related to the Open University qualification BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance...Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting: Learning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...Writing in support of using the notion of wellbeing in public policy, Hetan Shah has argued that ‘an incredible amount is spent on our “health” service, but most of it focuses on dealing with physical symptoms of sickness’ and that ‘we need to reconfigure the purpose of the system in order to promote wellbeing’ (Shah, 2005, p. 39). Other writers have argued...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...Write up to five words or phrases, or draw images that come to mind when you hear the term ‘social worker’. Try to put down words or phrases that you associate with social workers; or you could ask a friend or family member for their response. A social worker ... Now separate your responses into positive and negative attributes. Ask yourself what may have influenced...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...writing that book. And much later the actual mechanics of energy policy became obviously the thing that people interested in climate change had to do, and that, I suppose, mainly occurred for me in the early 2000s, particularly when I began to be interested in what the British Government was doing, and eventually when I became an advisor to the British Government. Climate...
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The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...writing history, which was often very different from our own. Much, although not all, of what you consider will represent posthumous judgements on the emperors involved rather than full accounts of reigns. It will not be possible here to assess in detail the actions, policies, building schemes and so forth of all the emperors mentioned, but you should remember that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...write sooner to tell you, but father has gone. He was living with Brigitte – she says he was cheerful And healthy right down to the end. You should have seen him playing with the grandchildren of Pat McNamarra your friend. And we buried him alongside of mother, down at the Kilkelly church yard. He was a strong and a feisty old man – considering his life was so hard....
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...write it more fully as '1 × 10-15', but the '1 ×' is redundant). In this case the power of ten is preceded by a minus sign, and it means that the number is 1 divided by 1 followed by 15 zeros (i.e. 1 divided by 1015, or 1/(1015), which is 0.000 000 000 000 001). That makes a very small number indeed. We can describe Mercury's atmospheric pressure as being 15 orders of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...writes about the effects that this collapse had on local authorities in the UK, while Branigan (2009) presents a more general overview of the effects of global economic changes on recycling. Activity 7 Think about the following issues: 1 The links between local environmental projects like GREAN (Golspie Recycling and Environmental Action Network, or any projects you are...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs