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Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
Money & Business

Stefan Szymanski on the business of football

...family at Manchester United have taken a lot of money out of the club. In 2021, twelve of the biggest European clubs, led by Real Madrid and including six clubs from the English Premier League, proposed a European Super League which appeared to be modeled on the US closed league system (the founder clubs would not have to qualify each season but would be guaranteed entry...
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Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...history. The scene was set in Plato's Republic, which focused on the exceptional leader-- qualified, respected, and admired. And it's an approach that's continued to this day with companies using psychometric tests to recruit the most suitable individual to lead. But this individualistic approach has been described by Alvesson and Sveningsson as narrow and leader-centric....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...family, but among people of the same age in general. Nowadays usted is restricted to formal situations or when addressing elderly people, as a mark of respect, courtesy or polite distance. [Described image] Figure 1 Introductions In Latin America, the use of usted is the norm in most countries, sometimes even among family members, and tú is used in very few situations....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...history and remain as Hull City Activity 5 Mapping football stakeholders’ power and interest Timing: Allow about 30 minutes Consider the articles on Hull in Section 3.2 again then answer the following questions: What power and interest category do you think the football fans fall into – A, B, C or D? What do you think football fans are doing to try to increase their...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...history. The two phrases – ‘shapes transformed into new bodies’ and ‘spin out unceasing song’ – which were picked out in the discussion give us important clues about Ovid’s poem – and there may be other clues in the phrases you picked out in Activity 1, too. Like many ancient poets, Ovid believed the poem to have come to him from a ‘spirit’ –...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...family and friends performing and reporting clinical observations of a patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure obtaining measurement of a patient’s height and weight. Before the creation of these new roles, a registered nurse carried out such responsibilities. Now, health-care assistants give support to nurses who are released to do other...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...family and they live in a small apartment that is damp and mouldy. The midwife has made a referral to social work after an assessment has shown that, consistent with Amina’s self-reporting, Amina is feeling quite depressed. As a teenager she struggled with her mental health, and she had support from the adolescent mental health team for some years. Amina also disclosed...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...histories and devolving struggles, these range between egalitarianism and dominance, openness and tolerance, nationalism and patriotism, dissensus and collectivism. For Gil, the aim was to recreate a sense of home and community; while the re-appropriation of the Union Jack in its various popular cultural incarnations (from logos to emblematic LP covers and recently...
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