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Financial strategy and private finance initiative
Money & Business

Financial strategy and private finance initiative

...controversy in refinancing PFI projects. Refinancing: altcourse prison The gains to be made from re-organising financing. The voluntary code The introduction of the voluntary code, brought in by the National Audit Office . Do PFI's work? What is important for a PFI to succeed? Are PFI's a good deal? Malcolm Prowle explores PFI schemes for projects in the UK and abroad....
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Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students
Education & Development

Effective digital pedagogy: new ways of engaging students

...codes is easy. Once you have chosen your online material or stimulus, copy the URL into a QR generator and the QR code will be created. You can then embed it into online material or print for use in the external environment. Using the mobile device to scan the QR code activates the digital content on the device. Examples of how it could be used include adventure trails...
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What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...Code is much more complex than a simple explanation might suggest. Here you have gained a good insight into the detailed work of writing history...What do historians do?: Conclusion - After all your hard work you should now: appreciate how historians develop research ideas from different starting points understand some of the choices and processes involved in researching...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...code of conduct or ethical standard. It means using the company’s buying power and influence to implement the Code and ensure that workers enjoy better working conditions. Communication of the company’s aspirations via its Code is vital, both to suppliers and internally and this has manifested a new skill set and the requirement for specific training in social...
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Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...code of research (South African San Institute, 2017). Similarly, there are Indigenous bodies in Australasia and Canada who seek to advise those requesting to research Indigenous communities. In the following video, Alison Buckler and Alison Fox explore what it means to think about equitable research in settings, how research grows out of investing in relationships,...
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Article 30 mins
Centrifugal casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Centrifugal casting

...Simple cylindrical shapes such as cast iron pipes, bushes and cylinder liners are made using this technique. Complex-shaped components such as pulleys and gears have both internal and external surfaces shaped by the refractory mould and core. Composite components are formed by lining an outer shell with a cast alloy. White metal bearings are formed in this way. See Also:...
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The age of offence
Society, Politics & Law

The age of offence

...simple definition of ‘offence’ is that it’s the emotional reaction you have to words or actions which attack certain values that you hold dear. It’s experienced as a form of psychological harm – your ‘feelings get hurt’ – and specifically harm done towards your system of beliefs. By attacking your belief system, the person giving offence is also attacking...
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Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?
Money & Business

Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?

...simple example of steering a boat to illustrate feedback. (Incidentally, the word, 'cybernetics' originates in a Greek word meaning 'to steer'). When the boat deviates to the left, the person steering checks the deviation and moves the rudder to the left to move the boat back on course. Once corrected, the boat may then move too far to the right so that the person...
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