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Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...introduction to the legal concepts of companies, partnerships, assets and liabilities...The legal issues involved in setting up and running a business can be complex and confusing, especially when some of the terms used don't seem to have clear meanings. Company law in context is a free course from the College of Law, offering a basic introduction to the legal concepts of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?

...manager, who was the contact person between the event centre and the cleaning company, exchanged a word or two with Kifibin. However, she mostly spoke English to him. In an interview, she explained why she was not in regular contact with the cleaner: Actually the cleaning is outsourced and the supervising is outsourced, too, so it should disturb our work as little as...
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Article 5 mins
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...manages to make genuine improvements in patient safety, too often these interventions cannot be replicated elsewhere or scaled up, leading to the curse of “worked once”, as she describes it. One place that has managed to break this pattern is Northern Ireland, which has overcome the problem of poor labelling of lines such as intravenous lines and urinary catheters. A...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...manage matters for themselves. Watch the video below, which is a brief introduction to the Court of Protection (England and Wales). It is produced by a commercial law firm. It is not presented here as an endorsement of or recommendation for this firm. In the future the default position will be for public not private hearings. MARIA NICHOLAS What is the court of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...Project)Across the three plants, there were concerns that redundancies were on the horizon. In response, workers at the Blantyre plant agreed to restrict overtime and to share the work equally. One worker at the Blantyre plant, after initially agreeing to the rationing of work, did the opposite and instead ‘hogged’ work resulting in his pay being well above that of...
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Article 5 mins
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...project manager, in the office at 7:00, crazy pressure. This is harder, I thought I could have my career and look after Simi, but it became clear she was going to need more support. Giving up that salary, you have to be so creative to try and make ends meet. SPEAKER 1: To know that I can phone up Carers Trust and say, please can you help me, it's not so frightening. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...introduction to carefully selected materials helps you decide what you might want to study. You will be looking at three main areas: arts and humanities; the social sciences; and maths, technology and science...What is university study like? Is it for me? If you are asking yourself these questions, this badged course is for you. Taking your first steps into higher...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas Day In The Workhouse
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas Day In The Workhouse

...managers to discover what the poor of London could expect for their Christmas Day. The following is an extract of their report...Celebration of Christmas Day amongst the poor inmates of the metropolitan and suburban workhouses [Caricature of poor people at a workhouse having dinner; by Phiz] A view of a typical 1840 workhouse meal In the following will be found succinctly...
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Article 5 mins