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Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...Research. “With utilities, you start providing services over a certain network and you’re kind of stuck there; they have no growth potential, and people don’t want to invest in them.” He spoke with LSE Business Review managing editor Helena Vieira during the Mobile Money and Financial Development Conference at LSE. Could you tell me briefly about your digital...
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Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...research with this article. References Kirsty Hughes (ed) ‘An Independent Scotland in the EU: Issues for Accession’, The Scottish Centre on European Relations, March 2020, available at: www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-03/An%20Independent%20Scotland%20in%20the%20EU.pdf Drainey, N. ‘Meet the Scots who can’t wait to finish Brexit and...
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An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...children as young as two can use. The nursery keeps its records on a computer and it has a website. At work, I write using a computer and find information both from the library catalogues and from the internet using my computer. I send and receive emails from colleagues down the corridor as easily as those from across the world. During my lunch break I stop at the bank....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...research has revealed that they have filaments assembled from proteins similar to those found in eukaryotic cells, e.g. actin. The prokaryotic cytoskeleton has roles in cell division and maintaining cell shape and polarity. Cytoskeletal proteins form long, filament-like assemblies. There are three types of filaments, formed from different proteins: microfilaments (also...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...centres). Secondly, the success of such technologies depends on factors that go well beyond the purely technical, to include, especially, human and organisational factors, but also many others. When we talk about IT systems we mean both more than technology and – within the technology – more than software. Hardware technology is just as important for IT success as...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...research by some of the earth’s most intelligent mathematicians and scientists, it can only answer the questions asked of it. So, as the saying goes, ask a stupid question. The frothy solution Current CAD [computer-aided design] vendors are now selling suites which have cut-down versions of FEA engines integrated with computer-aided design software. The notion is to...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...centres, industrial activities or ecosystems). Since its inception in 1995, the Programme has offered people opportunities to acquire a living wage and new skills. In some project areas, the Programme provides childcare, community centres, national water conservation education and has also improved general health (the lack of water or use of polluted water can generate...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?

...children’s clothing. The negotiation was final and, crucially, did not include sanitary products. Sanitary products were charged at the standard rate in the UK until the 2000 budget at which point the VAT rate on sanitary products was reduced to 5%. The essential legal instrument regulating VAT application across the EU contains three provisions relevant to the tampon...
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