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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...accounting, University of Southampton In many aspects, the budget delivered by Osborne was full of ambition and the measures proposed on business taxes were no exception. The chancellor made it clear that to fund the giveaways for small businesses and individuals, additional revenues will need to be raised from big corporations. To achieve this, there will be further cuts...
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How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...account of the origin of the story. I am the more willing to comply, because I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so frequently asked me—"How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?" It is true that I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print; but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a...
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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...accounts of the developments of hip hop, see Toop, 1991; Rose, 1994; Chang, 2005; Chalfant, 2006). The Bronx represents a universal myth that can be used by global hip hop practitioners to imagine old school authenticity in their local contexts. The two terms ‘hip’ and ‘hop’ are themselves important words for the practitioners’ understanding of the culture. One...
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School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...account of today's context understand how a business manager can support teaching and learning and all stakeholders understand and use a range of analytical tools apply these analytical tools to your school's situation, in particular responding to government agendas understand how benchmarking data can be used to compare and contrast expenditure and resource...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...accountancy and legal services). In these contexts, the specific service being provided is normally discussed and agreed between client and provider. While the client has more influence over the specification of the product or service being provided, the service provider – the marketer in this context – is often in a position to advise the client as to what his or her...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...accountability, really, because obviously, we have to stand by those decisions that we make at that time. NARRATOR: After a handover from the colleague she's relieving, Sam's work starts. [PHONE RINGING] Almost immediately, the phone calls begin. SAM SWAN: That's custody. OK, appropriate adult, OK. NARRATOR: A 16-year-old is being held at Telford's main police station,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...accounting for the importance of size, strength and power it is perhaps slightly less surprising that the majority of doping bans are issued to those players attempting to gain entry to the elite levels of the game. The pressures faced by young people aspiring to ‘make it’ to the pinnacle of the sport – including the need for players to become bigger and stronger...
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Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place
History & The Arts

Keeping the spark of the 60s alive: Neil Young and a sense of place

...account of a personal road-trip taken by the Canadian author Kevin Chong, as documented in his 2005 book Neil Young Nation. Commenting on the Halliwell’s new book, Chong said: "In a half-century of music, Young has offered wistful glimpses of the North American landscape. In one moment, he will nostalgically invoke his Canadian past in a piano ballad and, in another,...
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