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Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...account for the increase). [World Population Prospects Bahrain Line 2] Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. The increase in 15-64s between 1970 and 2000 may in part relate to the longer life expectancy and improved child mortality rate as children move from the 0-14...
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Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...accounts for a good deal of most households’ spending, it is important to make the most appropriate decisions about where to live, what kind of home to choose and whether to rent or buy it. Furthermore, in many countries, housing is seen not just as a place to live but as a store of wealth. This means decisions about housing are important at the household level in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...accounting matters, they are of key relevance to the subject of risk management. This is because investors and other stakeholders will examine the disclosures made under IFRS 7 to help ascertain how exposed an organisation is to financial risks. Additionally, the very fact that these disclosures have to be made places a requirement on the managers of organisations to...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...accounts, demonstrating how our stories resonated with, complicated, and deepened theirs. As Jones (2021, p. 217) writes: ‘We are living in a time and space in which the personal – our sense of selves, safety, health, and well-being, and our relationships with others and the planet and our work – is urgently and globally political.’ Addressing the critics Critics...
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Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...accountable” is closely linked to the concepts of punishment and retribution “when you violate the law, you incur a debt to society.” In this – viewpoint, offender’s are held accountable when they have received or taken a sufficient amount of punishment. In the restorative justice paradigm the meaning of accountability shifts the focus from incurring a debt to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...account. Malware Finally, there are a number of terms associated with software that attempts to harm computers in different ways. Collectively these are known as ‘malware’ (a contraction of malicious software). Depending on what the malware does, different terms are used to in relation to malware. For example: ransomware is malware that demands payment in order to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists

...of national authorities, insisting on better research in state projects, and better data in state development plans. The network and its news can also be followed at RedLBC‘s Twitter account and the hashtag #CienciaLatina. This article was translated for Global Voices Online by Hazina Cain-Houston, and originally published on Global Voices Online under a CC-BY licence...
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Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...account of events to the police. Being trauma informed and understanding how trauma manifests and how different issues impact on trauma in individuals forms part of this context-led approach. This series provides an overview of some information on different aspects of the approach and offers some insights into how it can be applied in practice, both in organisational and...
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