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Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...world. We have secured this country's economic stability with our plan to reduce the debt and deficit which I think has been completely vindicated by events over the last year on the European continent. What we've got to do now is say look Britain has got to earn its way in the world and we have been cosseted over the last decade by high debts, with cheap finance, with...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...world. Raquel Escuche las entrevistas Raquel a) music: BPM2007 track 16. dur: 00.33 Juan Carlos ¿De dónde es Ud.? Maria De Andalucía, España Juan Carlos ¿Qué monumentos importantes hay en Andalucía? Maria Pues, la Mezquita de Córdoba ... Juan Carlos ¿Qué más hay? Maria También hay la Alhambra Juan Carlos ¿Dónde está la Alhambra? Maria En Granada Juan Carlos...
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...world more like the characteristics of the neoclassical model of perfect competition will remove many problems. In particular, promoting competition will make discriminating employers go out of business, and improving information about individual workers would help remove statistical discrimination, so that firms did not need to use stereotypes based on group...
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...world, we’re one of the safest food supply systems in the world. But I think what the Which? report is indicating very clearly that, because of the pressures that are on local authorities in relation to budget cuts, they are finding it very difficult to deliver the quality of service that is required. PRESENTER 2 A year on since the scandal broke, what’s changed?...
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...world around themselves and convert these into their own living material. An acorn grows into an oak tree using only water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, some inorganic materials from the soil, and light energy. Similarly a human baby grows into an adult by digesting and metabolising food and drink. The parents in each case pass to their progeny, or offspring, the information...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...world of scientific enquiry, progress is not made in this linear fashion. Several groups of researchers are often working on the same hypothesis, collecting evidence which they may or may not share with one another, and other groups may be working on different hypotheses. Returning to the wildebeest migrations, the hypothesis that has been under consideration for the...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...world Because it’s really no joke Christophe, 51 Fishing Port since 1978 I don’t think people know much about the fish industry. We often talk about the meat industry. But to talk about the fish industry seems a bit taboo. Our bosses have always forbidden us to talk about it. Because our working conditions are so hard. We have to cut the fish, process it, put it...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...world. The proportions within this world-famous painting contain a special relationship, known as the golden ratio. The golden ratio, or phi, is 1:1.618 and has been coined ‘golden’ because it is said to be aesthetically pleasing. Many artists and architects use this proportional relationship in their work. Another of da Vinci’s most famous works is his Vitruvian...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs