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The Future For Finance
Society, Politics & Law

The Future For Finance

...Business School’s Centre for Accounting... Reform in the Financial Services Industry This podcast was recorded just after the Queen’s Speech on May 25th 2010, which set out the Government’s policy agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session following the General Election on May 6th 2010. The Financial Services Industry: Reform and Reinforcement of Regulation In...
Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?

...money, with interest, owed to the Islamic Republic from a failed arms deal agreed before the 1979 revolution. Iran has also benefited from being reintegrated into global oil and gas markets, and after the nuclear deal was struck, a slew of agreements were signed by European companies and governments keen to invest there. Suspicion lingers Despite the early positive...
Stargazing on a budget
Science, Maths & Technology

Stargazing on a budget

...money than the small telescopes found in catalogues and toy shops. You'll find binocular sizes are given as: magnification x diameter of objective lens. The smallest sets of binoculars, such as 7x20 or 8x21, or compact binoculars, are more suited to bird-watching than astronomy because they do not give a bright enough image at night. The minimum specification for...
What is a transformation process? The one minute guide
Money & Business

What is a transformation process? The one minute guide

...businesses or economists talk about "a transformation process", what does it mean?...A transformation process is one where something it turned into something else. [How transformation works] The conversion of something into something else can be described as a transformation process Sometimes, it's easy to see what has happened - like when a dairy takes milk and makes...
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...business executives and academics understand the ways that retailers use marketing tools and techniques to interact with their customers...Retail marketing: 1 A definition of retailing - Figure 1 As a consumer we all have our own experiences of buying the goods and services we need for our everyday consumption. Additionally, we have our own opinions of the different types...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Stamford College
Education & Development

Stamford College

...Business qualification. Students have used their statements of participation to put them ahead of the competition, securing part time work and work experience placements. ...[Students at Stamford College with their certificates of participation.]Caz Dolby, Assistant Head of Faculty at the College, uses OpenLearn courses to support and diversify the delivery of their BTEC,...
Think like an entrepreneur
Money & Business

Think like an entrepreneur

...business - it’s about spotting opportunities, solving problems, and creating value in ways others haven’t imagined...[pencil and eraser next to a drawing of a question mark in a lightbulb] From turning everyday items into premium experiences to building platforms that change how we live and work, entrepreneurs think differently. They combine creativity with...
'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic Britain
Society, Politics & Law

'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic Britain

...money to which they are not entitled There is a cruel streak in contemporary politics, a meanness that has not often been so explicit. Since the youth riots of summer 2011 in London and elsewhere, the parade of hateful and vitriolic media messages have been amped up in many ways. Even strikers defending their pensions should, in the words of Jeremy Clarkson on the early...