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Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...mental short-cut) is that households should spend no more than 30% of their disposable income on total housing costs (mortgage or rent, regular property taxes and home insurance) but of course individual households may have to, or choose to, spend more. When looking at Figures 7−9, it’s important to bear in mind that you are looking at data only for people who have...
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...mental note about which you agree with. A. Both cowboys pose a lethal threat to the other. So each is liable to defensive killing. B. Both cowboys pose a lethal threat to the other. But whether each is liable to defensive killing depends on other facts about their situation. Discussion If you agree with option A, you are in line with Walzer’s position. If you agree with...
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...mental and social isolation that Harki elders were experiencing in the camps. Transit camps such as Bias were opened in 1962 to temporarily house Harkis and their families until they could be integrated into French communities. The image was taken in 1975, however, indicating that some Harkis were still living in sparse and isolated accommodation more than a decade after...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...Health Check: the annual FTSE 350 Cyber Governance Health Check assesses and reports on cyber security risk management in the UK’s 350 largest firms (the “FTSE 350”.) National Cyber Security Centre – Threat Listing National Cyber Security Centre – The cyber threat to UK business 2017-2018 report...Week 2: Authentication: Introduction - CORY DOCTOROW Hello and...
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...mental and physical tools for a process which has been termed modelling. Models and modelling encompass a wide range of applications. You may be most familiar with its use to describe a new car (as in 'the latest model') or as a title for those men and women who display the latest fashion creations (fashion models). These popular uses of the term have some things in...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...health and education industries were beset with staff shortages and in some areas recruited from overseas. It is likely to take most employers longer to increase the quantity of skilled than unskilled labour. Skills may not be available in the locality and workers may have to be enticed to move from other jobs, involving periods of notice. New workers may have to be...
Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...health and safety about. I love working in radio drama. I never intended to stay when I first was lucky enough to be given a job. But I became absolutely seduced by the medium and by the people I get to work with both actors and writers. It’s a wonderful medium to write for. It commissions huge numbers of original work. We work to try to serve the writer’s voice. And...
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...health. To underscore the key point, in Harvey’s causal narrative, cities are not just the locations in which these crises and challenges are felt; they are the incubators in which the conditions of these crises and challenges are bred and disseminated. In this view, global problems are not externally produced, and then ‘impact’ on places. They are internally...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs