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My career goal: Legal, finance and accounting
Society, Politics & Law

My career goal: Legal, finance and accounting

...determine your next steps on this page...Why choose a career in accounting? This video features a range of careers in accounting, with secondary school pupils interviewing professionals. Transcript icould links icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They...
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...determine whether the observed data provides sufficient evidence to support or refute a specific claim about the population. This process is invaluable in various business applications, from evaluating the effectiveness of marketing strategies to assessing product quality. By employing hypothesis testing, business leaders can move beyond gut feelings and intuition, basing...
Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The stories behind our streets
Society, Politics & Law

The stories behind our streets

...determine who you are and what you get as the phrase ‘the post-code’ lottery suggests. Places carry connotations about whether or not they are desirable places to live and they suggest the kinds of people who might live there. Children learn from playing Monopoly that it's far more desirable to own property on Mayfair than it is to own property on the Old Kent Road....
Air Pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Air Pollution

...determine car emissions, but interpreting the data into real pollution statistics is harder than it seems. Clear Solutions How to clean the air. Demonstration of methods used to remove pollutants from the air, including factory emissions. Industrial Emissions How to curb industrial emissions of VOC's. The challenge facing British Aerospace in finding alternatives to...
Audio 26 mins
Mapping Britain
Society, Politics & Law

Mapping Britain

...determines whether makes an impact on the world. The material forms part of the course DD100, An introduction to the social sciences: understanding social change... Maps - what are they? When people didn’t know about large sections of the world they used their imaginations to fill the blanks. Maps and empire An early projection of the British Empire attempted to show...
The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...determined and how they can be changed is matter of intense scholarly and public debate. Indeed, there are even arguments that wages should not be raised! Here I provide an overview of the current reasons for low wages and how this problem can best be addressed. Significantly, the problem of low wages is nothing new for capitalist economies. Since the mass introduction of...
Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...determine who is offered so-called ‘full duty’ housing support, and who is not. Applicants must prove that they have done everything in their power to prevent them from becoming homeless - to show that they are ‘unintentionally’ homeless. In order to be entitled to full duty housing support, they must further demonstrate that they are ‘vulnerable’ enough to be...
Sounds harmonious
Science, Maths & Technology

Sounds harmonious

...determined. Musical frequencies This track shows us how tuning forks produce sine waves and uses the oscilloscope to demonstrate how different instruments produce different sine waves. Sine curves Alan Graham, of The Open University, explains the mathematical origin of sine curves and also uses a bodhrán (Irish frame drum) for an example. Octaves and scales This track...