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An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...Certificates. What's new from OpenLearn? Sign up to our newsletter or view a sample. For reference, full URLs to pages listed above: OpenLearn - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses Visiting our online prospectus - www.open.ac.uk/ courses Access Courses - www.open.ac.uk/ courses/ do-it/ access Certificates - www.open.ac.uk/ courses/ certificates-he Newsletter -...
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...certificates to fund World War One. And from the female side, there were a number of changes too. There were the Married Women’s Property Acts of 1870 and 1882, which gave married women rights to hold investments in their own name. And there was also the increasing number of surplus – they were called ‘surplus’ or ‘redundant’ women who needed an investment...
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...certificates. These certificates are, however, only available to current holders of such investments and not to new savers. Existing savers - some 500,000 - can renew their investments when their existing certificates reach their maturity by buying new NS&I index-linked certificates for terms usually of up to 5 years. The returns on these index-linked certificates ......
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...certificates used to be gilt-edged and as the UK government has never defaulted on a debt, they can be considered as secure as gold! Treasury bills and long-term government bonds can be considered essentially risk free. Note, however, that the return expected from a Treasury bill is likely to differ from the return expected on, say, a 20-year government bond, since...
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...certificate. Legal costs will be higher when both buying and selling since there’s more documentation to be completed. One important final point if you’re selling your home – any profits you make by selling for a higher price than you paid when you bought it are not subject to tax. By contrast, if you make a profit on the sale of a property that is not your home –...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...certificate): ‘The Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 applies to those who have a desire to change their sex on their birth certificates, and to do so they must satisfy a mix of legal and medical criteria (although there is no requirement to have undergone any surgery). A GRC does not apply to the Equality Act 2010 (…), but does apply to some other areas of law, e.g. a...
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...Certificate in Systems Thinking in Practice Postgraduate Diploma in Systems Thinking in Practice MSc in Systems Thinking in Practice More details of this programme can be found at Systems thinking in practice page at The Open University. The following four systems in practice books are co-published by the OU and Springer: Systems Practice: How to Act in a Climate Change...
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

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