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You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...BASE ARREARS INDICATOR (%) Single, not retired, without children <16 1,379 12 Single, not retired, with children <16 466 27 Couple, not retired, without children <16 1,745 4 Couple, not retired, with children <16 1,384 8 Single retired 59 0 Couple retired 1,252 2 Source: BIS, 2010 Table 1 demonstrates the relationship between debt problems and family type. The table shows...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...based group BioNyfiken) travel the world promoting implant devices, although interest is highest, he says, in Europe right now. Implanting an RFID chip is relatively simple: a tiny glass object about the size of a grain of rice is injected into the soft part of the hand between the thumb and forefinger – it’s as easy as drawing blood. The magnet implant process that...
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Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...based on their results, the government assigns them to a school. But there's now a growing number of private schools, like Camford Royal, an English medium school which offers students the chance to enter some of the best universities around the world, reflecting the increasing internationalisation of the educational marketplace. YUAN LIU Now the majority of the Chinese...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...base was also the guarantor of its military prowess which allowed it access to the resources of a growing empire, but that is another story. Another effect of the Industrial Revolution, as Jackson points out, was the mass migration of populations from the countryside to the fast growing towns and cities where the factories and work were to be found. 'And what cities! …...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...based on their capacity to acquire food and cope with the climate; major political crises have resulted from the simple fact of sexual attraction between two key figures. These may seem obvious points to make, but starting from these considerations gives us a new approach to the past and a fascinating prism through which to explore ancient societies. [Described image]...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...based on a learner-centred approach to teaching, which is underpinned by a constructivist view of learning – the idea that students will construct knowledge and understanding for themselves as a result of classroom activities and experiences. Now listen to an introduction to this course by its coordinator, Maria Luisa Pérez Cavana: Maria Luisa Welcome to the Open...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...base to report to. And while the KPMG report suggests it has become the ‘de facto law for business’ (KPMG, 2011, p. 2), it still remains a voluntary approach...Environmental management and organisations: 15.1.2 Drivers - Whilst organisations usually have a choice, adopting and maintaining a voluntary code or similar standard may be in an organisation’s interest –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...de-legitimised his victory was music to the ears of the Labour Right. And some knew, deep down, that if enough of a storm was created about infiltration, this would provide cover for the party apparatus to deny more leftwing activists a vote, and that this could, just about, influence a close result. [Peter Mandelson] Will the former Communist Peter Mandelson find himself...
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