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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering

...study the effects of finance outside of just its profitability. The financial crisis of 2008 revealed that financialisation has a social impact that extends beyond businesses and the market. Established assumptions about the economy and the free market would dramatically challenged. Is it safe or positive to have so much of the economy revolve around the financial sector?...
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Article 5 mins
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...studied Racine. In conclusion, rather than simply reiterate how Bowie led me on a labyrinthine journey to study the richness of French culture, I will point out how French culture was also an essential part of the performer’s artistic journey. Labyrinth [David Bowie as Jareth from Labyrinth] Fan art showing Bowie as Jareth, the Goblin King Many people, when they think...
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Putting baby in a context: Stephen Lee Naish's Deconstructing Dirty Dancing
History & The Arts

Putting baby in a context: Stephen Lee Naish's Deconstructing Dirty Dancing

...study of the film with David Lynch’s Blue Velvet before a scene-by-scene analysis and reflections on the film’s personal resonance for the author, the book is an idiosyncratic and accessible take on this cultural phenomenon, finds Penny Montague...[Nobody puts baby in a corner] Review: Deconstructing Dirty Dancing by Stephen Lee Naish, published by Zer0 Books Dirty...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...studied classics and history at school; philosophy and biology at university. He was equally at home in the worlds of literature and science. And one of the great features of his theory is that it links our biological being with the meanings that constitute our experience. Becoming a great scientist was Freud’s initial ambition but - for practical reasons - he...
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Article 10 mins
Workplace Survivor Syndrome
Health, Sports & Psychology

Workplace Survivor Syndrome

...studies show that those left behind can find it difficult. They display an increase in alcohol consumption, smoking and workplace injury, and other studies show an effect on the mental health, with reports of depression, poor morale and reduction in productivity. In a study by Noer (1993), reactions to workforce reduction identified several key behaviours experienced by...
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Article 10 mins
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
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...studying this course, you should be able to: recognise how a literature review of current knowledge and research can contribute to investigation of health and social care...Why use literature reviews in health and social care?: 1 Information overload? - [Bust sculpture of Seneca the Younger] What is the point of having countless books and libraries whose titles their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course you will be able to: understand practical problems, some of which are non-routine identify the maths skills you need to tackle a problem use maths in an organised way to find the solution you’re looking for use appropriate checking procedures at each...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs