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The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...money. W.H. Auden famously remarked of her fiction: ‘It makes me most uncomfortable to see/An English spinster of the middle-class/Describe the amorous effects of “brass”.’ Darcy’s worth is explicitly set at £10,000 a year, and, whatever else Pride and Prejudice may be about, it is about money, its desirability, and the way of life that expresses it and is...
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Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...business of securing major individual contributions. We finish with a brief overview of legacy fundraising – the culmination for many donors of a lifetime's generosity. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in Business...Building relationships with donors: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: appraise the skills...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The shops that make us buy
Society, Politics & Law

The shops that make us buy

...money-spending effects of the following retail environments: Coffee shop, Supermarket, Clothing boutique, Car boot sale and Online shop. [An illustration of a supermarket taken from The shops that make us spend online carousel] Click on the image above to launch this interactive Instructions - For the best results, use a modern web browser . Upgrade to the latest version...
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Lifecycle of the Car Industry
Money & Business

Lifecycle of the Car Industry

...money in building up their shares of the market, and profit margins are increasingly small. Sir Clive Sinclair notes: "The car industry is caught in a very difficult position. Because it’s a very mature business, it has vast amounts of capital already exploited, vast investments made, narrow profit margins because of the highly competitive nature of the business and the...
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Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements
Money & Business

Theo on... getting celebrity endorsements

...Business Management (Marketing) qualification. Transcript Marketing isn't simple. The world isn't simple. The Open University Business School can help you sharpen your skills as a manager in charge of marketing. Selling direct to the public? The Open University has a course offering An introduction to retail management and marketing. The whole story Join Theo Paphitis as...
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The Art of Rich Pictures
Science, Maths & Technology

The Art of Rich Pictures

...business, in our everyday and personal lives? Rich Pictures is a term used to describe a means of communicating, expressing and discussing complex ideas though images. Although the term is primarily used in a modern business setting, the Rich Pictures concept is wide ranging and has evolved over thousands of years. They can be seen on ancient cave walls, are used in...
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Video 21 mins
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...money and retirement planning has been produced by The Open University in collaboration with Legal & General...This free course on money and retirement planning has been produced by The Open University in collaboration with Legal & General. Planning your retirement is probably the most important aspect of financial planning for you to consider. Making the right decisions...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What does it take to mentor young offenders?
Education & Development

What does it take to mentor young offenders?

...business or become entrepreneurs. Over a period of approximately 18 months, the programme trained and supported a team of 15 volunteer Business Enterprise mentor, linking them to around 50 young people during this period. 10 of the mentors are male and five female. They ranged in age from 22 to 60 years. Nine define themselves as white British, two as other British, one...
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