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Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...care about other meanings of inequality, such as happiness, health, and abilities, they tend to use monetary resources, such as income or wealth, to understand these different meanings of inequality. Inequality in monetary terms is what is called economic inequality. You will explore what it is in more detail in the next section...Understanding economic inequality: 3...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...care that you are not simply looking for a certain type of person because they are normally associated with the work of the vacant post. When recruiting people, be alert to any personal prejudices or preferences you have which are not linked to the ability to do the job. Try to set these aside in favour of objective criteria of suitability related to the skills,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...care about their communities. Their views on how to tackle problems might differ from mine, but the end goal was very similar. You have to be able to build a political consensus for change in policy. Otherwise, you just can't get to that safe and caring and productive environment for children. Now, Family Time. There was a lot of discretion here in determining which...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...careful how you interpret the output of these models. ADAM RUTHERFORD: Paul Donald there. So this is important: all models are wrong. They’re simulations but some are very useful. Back to the floods in Cumbria, which hydrologist Nick Reynard has been simulating. Nick, how does modelling help us understand these extreme weather events? NICK REYNARD: OK, so ideally of...
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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...care about the planet, they absolutely do. And today with our multimedia world I don’t think you can see things in isolation; you can have the blue chip series, you can have the other messages online, you can make other programming alongside it, and certainly with Planet Earth that’s exactly what we did. We made the main series, but also, in between the two episodes,...
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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...careful, being 'politic', often for good reasons. This is not an easy role, and putting on a good performance, one conveying sincerity and authenticity, is crucial to success. Sometimes 'lying' is not knowing. Or not knowing enough; sometimes it is strategic openness to the future. Sometimes, of course, truth, lies and performance are connected. Performances that try to...
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The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...care to avenge things of that kind and that is why this morning at 11 o’clock the Bismarck was sunk. [APPLAUSE] Chris Williams So, the Bismarck was lost for more than 24 hours, and finding it was the key to sinking it. The question is did Bletchley find it or not? Michael, nothing was known publicly about Bletchley Park’s involvement in the sinking of the Bismarck...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...careful to avoid extravagant claims, and rule out suggestions that brain scanners might be used to assess progress or select candidates with an aptitude for interpreting. But even if studying simultaneous interpretation doesn’t lead to immediate applications, it has already extended our knowledge of the neural pathways that link thinking with doing, and in the future it...
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Article 10 mins