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The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...everyday basis only by men who were not involved in manual labour: politicians, lawyers, clerks and businessmen, for example. As it required someone to help put it on, people who wore it on a regular basis would also have normally had household slaves to do this – another expense. Because of its formality, however, it was also the required dress for important formal...
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...everyday business and, as with all secondary data, it existed prior to and for purposes other than your own project. In contrast, external secondary data refers to information that comes from a wide variety of sources outside an organisation. Internal secondary data Much of the internal secondary data available is generated as part of the normal operation of the...
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...everyday tasks like getting washed and preparing food. Molly, unlike Monty, does not seem to be in the Third Age. In Laslett’s terms she might be described as in the Fourth Age of decline towards death. In some situations, it is useful to have a terminology to distinguish between people like Molly and people like Monty. As Laslett argues, it is important not to...
Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...everyday tasks and decisions. These include the act of considering possibilities, exploring options and asking questions such as those Jacob Morgan posed in the video: Why might this happen? What else might happen? What factors may influence it happening/not happening? What is the future of work that YOU want to see happen?...Hybrid working: Planning for the future: 1.1...
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...English term in our context. The Latin word originally referred to the challenge presented to seafarers by a barrier reef and so implied a possible negative outcome. The Arabic word, on the other hand, implies ‘anything that has been given to you (by God) and from which you draw profit’ and has connotations of a potential beneficial outcome. A twelfth-century Greek...
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...English and Welsh law): understand the nature of, and legal controls over, insider dealing and market abuse describe the nature of, and legal controls over, fraud and money laundering, including relevant policies, procedures and controls recognise the nature of, and legal controls over, bribery discuss potential criminal activity in the operation, management and...
Advanced Spanish: Language in context
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...English”. Pero yo no creo que el español esté más unificado que el inglés, ni tampoco que el inglés corra más riesgo de fragmentarse. ...Advanced Spanish: Language in context: 3 En resumen - En este curso has podido apreciar las diversas formas que pueden adoptar los cambios que caracterizan a toda lengua viva. El español, como cualquier otra lengua viva, se...
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...English and geography. She went on to study art and design at a university located in a city more than 100 miles away from her family home, and maintained only minimal contact with her adopted parents. She enjoyed the course and the student lifestyle, throwing herself into the social scene associated with the Art Department and its students. Mandy was in a relationship...