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Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...institutions (including the government) to raise funds. Bonds usually pay interest to investors and have a fixed term (e.g. 10 years). * Enduring powers of attorney Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA). A legal document where someone is given the power to act and make decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so yourself. They differ from a Lasting Power of Attorney...
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...institutions such as schools, colleges and universities – where the main business is teaching and learning. People, usually with special qualifications, provide learning which often leads to assessments – such as exams – and in turn leads to certificates, degrees or qualifications. Informal learning is more difficult to define because it covers so many aspects of...
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...Institute of Personnel and Development, a professional organisation that has a membership of human resources and training staff, especially in industry. It was prepared for an article in March 1996, but we can't tell from the table itself, or the explanatory notes, exactly when the data was collected. The information comes from a group of 23 out of a possible 50 business...
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (2018) ‘New report calls on the Government to build flood resilient homes’, RIBA Architecture.com: Knowledge, 3 May. Available at: https://www.architecture.com/ knowledge-and-resources/ knowledge-landing-page/ news-uk-must-build-flood-resilient-homes-says-riba (Accessed: 27 September 2019). Smith, A. (1776) An inquir y into the...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...Institute (BSI) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The data they provide about the size and shape of people is called anthropometric data, which consists mainly of physical characteristics and measurements. These data values are derived using statistical methods that allow generalisations to be made about human characteristics, which can be used to inform the...
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...Institute of learning Disability Conference as a mum and a speaker that I did actually first hear about learning disability nurses. I met the inspirational Jim Blair. I sat in the audience and listened. And I learned for the very first time about reasonable adjustments. I learned about death by indifference about Winterbourne. I learned in detail about disability hate...
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...Institute (STScI). Figure 14 The Milky Way, as viewed in a panoramic image from a particularly dark Southern Hemisphere site: © Bruno Gilli and ESO, https://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/images/milkyway/. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Figure 15 Deep...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...Institute of Chicago...Exploring Homer’s Odyssey: 4.2 Odysseus in disguise - At the opening of Book 23, Penelope has no idea yet what has happened in her absence. She first receives the news that the disguised man is Odysseus, and that he has killed the suitors, from the elderly nurse Eurycleia. As you’ll learn in the activities which follow, she still has a hard time...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs