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Standards for better cotton
Money & Business

Standards for better cotton

...accounts for 24% and 11% of the global sales of insecticide and pesticides respectively. It is linked to the use of child, migrant and forced labour And it is subject to fluctuating prices and a low level of trust in the supply chain So what can be done about this situation in a crop that is so essential? We think the answer is Better Cotton and we’ve been working on...
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Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit
Money & Business

Hybrid working and digital transformation toolkit

...account of the key stakeholders within your environment and their needs in relation to organisational development. You need to understand organisational requirements, the context, connections, and requirements for key areas of focus and how these relate to the needs of your stakeholders. You need to consider your ways of working for the wellbeing of future generations....
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Environment: journeys through a changing world
Nature & Environment

Environment: journeys through a changing world

...foreign revenue is generated though gorilla tourism. Gorilla Politics Do districts without habituated groups put pressure on the UWA? Conservation workers discuss the political issues surrounding gorilla tourism. Criteria for Habituation Conservationists take into account the gorilla group composition, stability, size, distance from the Park edge and their daily movement....
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The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies
OpenLearn Ireland

The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies

...account of their perceived alien religion and noticeable poverty. In today’s America, use of the term Scots-Irish has declined among those of Protestant Irish ancestry. In the 1990 census, which first allowed Americans to declare a Scotch-Irish background, only 5.6 million chose to identify as such, while 38.7 million Americans, a majority of them Protestant, identified...
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
OpenLearn Ireland

The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...accounts, to a large degree, for the increasing disparities between different types of rural areas.” CEDRA Energising Ireland’s Rural Economy, Report of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, p. 36 Some rural places with highly engaged communities have been proactive in responding to the challenges confronting them through the development of their...
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The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...account provided by her brother-in-law, penal reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton, which was published in 1818 and subsequently used by other campaigners and later hagiographers. Buxton describes the terrible scenes of poverty and debauchery that Elizabeth encountered; women, scantily dressed, begging at the gratings, playing at cards, swearing, drunk and violent. Overcome with...
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How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...accounting cycle: students then and now’ (below), reasonably closely to get an idea of what it is about. As the writer is talking about accountancy students, there is some specialised vocabulary. Try to decide whether unknown words are important and, if possible, use other words in the text to try to understand the ones you are not sure about. Only use a dictionary if...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST) Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...account password details. This is information which could have enabled additional attacks or identity theft. In order to assess the scale of the damage and repair the vulnerabilities that led to the attack, Sony took the PlayStation Network offline, a move which cost the company, and merchants who offered services via the network, significant amounts of revenue. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs