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The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...family matter. The perception in the media was that if Leo had been immunised, Mr Blair would have been happy to say so. His wife, Cherie Blair, had been the subject of media reports highlighting her interest in New Age alternative medicine which contributed to the suspicion that Mr Blair was promoting MMR in public but opting out in private. The impact of this issue on...
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...family member who is studying or just interested in social media, you may also find aspects of this course useful. We encourage you to dip into those sections which seem most relevant to how you use social media. Social media is constantly evolving, so we have included findings from the latest research, alongside our own experiences of using social media and of talking to...
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...family, friends or their own savings. These types of funding will not be appropriate to sustain the complex business plans of established companies. Understanding the basic sources of finance and their features is essential for successful financial decision making and business success, since identifying the best and most appropriate available sources is a vital step in...
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...family groups as security, and interactions with the plants and animals in the environment. Here, behaviour isn’t associated with misbehaviour but with how the animals successfully live. Using the image of the lions has helped to provoke a different way of thinking about the concept of ‘behaviour’ for new teachers. You can now try this yourself. Activity 6 Using...
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...family members and the media. In the aftermath of this incident, two important questions will be asked of management and directors. Employees, the media and the public will want to know: ‘Did you take reasonable precautions to prevent an incident such as this from occurring, with the inevitable consequences?’ ‘Were you prepared for such an emergency?’ The answers...
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...families, you know it's not too unusual …’ That kind of remark! Well I just flipped a lid and I said what are you talking about! Abuse and violence are not normal patterns of life … [And anyway] she has got blonde hair and blue eyes, just like you’ … and the shock that came onto her face … (Lewis and Phoenix, 2004, Section 2.3) Discussion This short piece of...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...family: JACQUELINE On arrive à se prendre un petit week-end à la campagne. Wemanage to go away for a weekend in the country. ROLAND On vit en France, donc on fait comme tout le monde. Welive in France, sowedo the same as everybody else. 3. On can also mean ‘people’, ‘they’ in a general sense. En Angleterre on boit du thé, mais en France on boit plutôt du...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...families: trabajo (work), trabajador (worker), trabajar (to work), trabajoso (laborious), etc. grouping according to structure or use, e.g. sequence organisers: primero (first), después (later), luego (then), finalmente (lastly), etc. collocations, i.e. words that tend to go together, like un calor espantoso (a terrible heat) (Adapted from Hurd and Murphy (2005), pp....
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs