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Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...skills, earn reasonable money, grow confident, build families - and still have time for community life from watching affordable football to singing Bach, Handel and Mendelsohn in the chapel down the road from the mill. Margaret Thatcher was strong on preaching "personal responsibility", preferring to attribute her own affluent success to the virtues imbibed in the...
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How to read a rock
Science, Maths & Technology

How to read a rock

...study of the solid parts of our Earth and the rocks of which it is composed. Like any other science, geology has its own technical language to describe various phenomena. But language is much more than just the words that are used. It is about how the words interact with each other and come together to tell stories. And that is precisely what rocks do; they tell us...
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The European Union and the impact on mixed nationality relationships in northern Finland
Society, Politics & Law

The European Union and the impact on mixed nationality relationships in northern Finland

...economy of a Brexit. Journal of European Public Policy 23(9):1302-1310. Ottaviano, G., J. Pessoa, T. Sampson and J. Van Reenen (2014) ‘The Costs and Benefits of Leaving the EU’, Centre for Economic Performance Policy Analysis. Vertovec, S. (2011). Conceiving and researching transnationalism. Ethnic and Racial Studies 22 (2) 1999:447-467. Read more articles like this...
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Systems explained by Peter Checkland
Money & Business

Systems explained by Peter Checkland

...to management problem solving which is now used and taught world-wide. Checkland, originally from Birmingham, studied chemistry at Oxford in the 1950's and worked as a technologist and then a manager for ICI fibres. But when he made the move from research to management he found that little existed in the way of training and preparation for his new role. Transcript...
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Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage
History & The Arts

Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage

...studying literature... Being in the lake district How Wordsworth time in this area influenced his work. Home at Grasmere Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed. Finding Inspiration By dissecting Wordsworth’s manuscripts and Dorothy’s journals we can see what experiences had the biggest impact on his poetry. Thomas De Quincey The...
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Markets in crisis
Society, Politics & Law

Markets in crisis

...have on the global economy? We look at Chinas healthcare as a classic case study. The marketisation of the Chinese economy A closer insight to the common trends within growing economies. As Chinas wealth grew so did their desire for luxury foods such as meat. Climate change and the global economy What measures can be taken to encourage environmentally friendly markets?...
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АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ
Languages

АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ

...Skills Level 1, який доступний в Уельсі. Незважаючи на те, що курс не охоплює всі аспекти сучасної навчальної програми English Essential Skills Level 1, доступної у Англії, у вас буде можливість ознайомитися з порадами та...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...study, you will reflect on how the medical perspective, psychological perspective and social need perspective come to make sense of mental ill-health...Over the past century there has been a radical shift in responses to people who experience mental health problems. In this free course, Making sense of mental health problems, you will learn about how key perspectives in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs