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Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...interacting with the project manager. For example, an advanced PMO may collate the information and prepare documentation for the project board when assessing the continued financial viability of the project compared with the business case at gate reviews or stage reviews. Reporting Reporting is a key service provided by the PMO, however, the degree of reporting will...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...interactive quizzes, of which Weeks 4 and 8 will provide you with an opportunity to earn a badge to demonstrate your new skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course, you will be able to: describe the process of fermentation and how it is used to create different varieties of alcoholic beverage...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...social media platforms (such as Facebook or Instagram) and internet browsers (such as Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome), use integrated plug-in applications that support the instant translation of any text on a website. Sometimes these are visible, other times they are not. Websites usually inform users that a text is machine translated, but this may not always be...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...socially? Perhaps even something that could improve their cultural identity? Working on something you identify with is much more likely to spur you to create something yourself. If you work on a film that permits you to put a bit of yourself into it and learn from it, you’re more likely to perhaps take on an independent film, right? Conclusion All the above isn’t to...
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Article 5 mins
Disraeli on Munich
History & The Arts

Disraeli on Munich

...social life has diverted the minds of men from other pursuits, the Fine Arts have decayed and vanished. I wish to call the attention of my countrymen to another great movement in the creative mind of Europe; one yet young and little recognised, but not inferior, in my opinion, either to that of Athens or of Florence. It was on a cloudless day of the autumn of last year,...
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Article 5 mins
Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday
Society, Politics & Law

Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday

...social and political community. Democratic processes are a means, albeit often flawed, whereby ordinary citizens get to shape the kind of society they live in. According to the political philosopher John Rawls in his highly influential books A Theory of Justice and Justice as Fairness, the most important of what he termed primary goods was ‘self-respect’. Self-respect...
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Article 5 mins
The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries
Society, Politics & Law

The 1912 Ryedale Glove Factory Strike, Dumfries

...Social Sciences courses Background The town of Dumfries in South West Scotland has an industrial heritage that belies its image today as primarily a market town, regional centre and hub for the rural communities of Dumfries and Galloway. In particular, the town has a rich past as a location for the manufacturing of tweed cloth and hosiery. Alongside this lies another...
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Article 10 mins
United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
Society, Politics & Law

United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...Social Sciences qualifications. Background In March 2001, Glasgow City Council decided to close what was to many residents in the heart of Glasgow’s Southside, the famous historic baths and washhouse in Calder Street, Govanhill, against the wishes of the local community. A small group of local people attended the final evening session before closure and refused to...
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Article 5 mins