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Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...law, non-resident companies are chargeable to Irish corporation tax only on the profits attributable to their Irish branches by reference to the facts and circumstances,” Mr Cody said, adding that Revenue provided all relevant information and explanations to the European Commission as part of its investigation into Apple’s tax affairs in Ireland. Read at The Irish...
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Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...law and how it is applied in a practical way for those making important decisions about other’s lives, such as health and social care staff, police, banks and insurance industry workers, and retailers. Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...laws. In 1558, for instance, the town council of Dundee enacted that: SCOTTISH NARRATOR No beggars be tholet within this burgh, but quhilk are born within the same. And none of them be suffered to beg, except they, having the town's seal upon their hat or cloak, be auld, cruikit, lame, or debilifcatit be great seiknes. NARRATOR This method of identifying vagrants and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses
Nature & Environment

The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses

...Scots or Burnet rose, Rosa spinosissima (‘the most spiny rose’), which has been bred to produce some of the earlier flowering varieties. [Rosa spinosissima]The burnet rose (Rosa spinosissima) with its black hips and dainty leaves is found growing wild across Europe In the sixteenth century, when Shakespeare penned A midsummer night’s dream, the native roses would...
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LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...law in 2016, named after Alan Turing, to Northern Ireland allowing those, particularly gay and bisexual men, who had been convicted of a crime that would no longer be unlawful such as consensual sex among adults, to have this conviction expunged from their record – and the removal of the ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood and the introduction of the FAIR system...
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What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...Scots Gaelic. There is an effort to differentiate land quality – some is marked as ‘very fine’. We even know about an event as one field is marked ‘here a Fair is held annualy’ (sic). You can see that there is a lot of information in this map and we may begin to understand how it would help the landowner in managing the land and maximising the income from...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
World-Changing Women: Cynisca
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Cynisca

...law both to inherit and to bequeath land, which was unknown elsewhere in Greece. In the early 4th century BCE, women owned about 40% of Sparta’s agricultural land. Girls had access to education and women had freedom of movement. In addition, Spartan women were discouraged from spending time on household activities and encouraged to participate in active physical...
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Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute

...law/the-fight-equal-pay-glasgow-city-council-2018 BBC News ‘Equal pay strikes suspended as financial deal under way’, April 13, 2022: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61093247 Unison Glasgow: ‘Glasgow branch overwhelmingly votes to back new strike action’: (The long running dispute around equal pay and has continued even after the members were...
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