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Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...statistics are true. And for many countries which jealousy guard their national sovereignty, that’s quite a difficult thing to accept and for many developing countries the capacity to monitor their emissions closely and to publish statistics every two years, for example, they don’t have that capacity, they don’t have that developed form of institution to do that. So...
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...statistics and measurement as presented by science and government and incorporates social and cultural meanings of harm as defined by ordinary citizens. I mean, in these ways Green Criminology itself can be considered, as I said before, very much an evolving knowledge that challenges mainstream disciplinary discourses. I mean, it questions the moral and ethical basis upon...
Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...statistics, which suggest that children and young people in the United Kingdom are increasingly unhappy and that their wellbeing is potentially at risk. An article published in The Guardian (Weaver, 2019) suggested that children and young people in the UK are some of the unhappiest in the industrialised world. Activity 1 Is the wellbeing of children and young people in...
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...Statistics, Census 2021. Available at: https://census.gov.uk/ (Accessed 26 July 2024). Oluo, I. (2018) So you want to talk about race?. New York: Seal Press. Available at: https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/fundamentals/relations/diversity/conversations-race-work (Accessed 26 July 2024). Pratchett, T. (1987) Mort. New York, NY: New American Library. Segal, E.A. (2021) Does...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...statistic that the actual quantity of wildlife on the planet has dropped by 50% since the 1970s. I mean that’s actually quite staggering and I don’t think you would know from watching television that that has taken place. My gut reaction is it should be reflected, it has to be reflected, but where it’s reflected I don’t know. In the same way that the feature film...
General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...Statistics tweaks the contents of the baskets used to track inflation. What gets added or dropped tells how our tastes and habits change as a nation. Read this article to see a comparison of 2004-2014. Learn about the Phillips' Curve in by watching this animation below - 60 Second Adventures in Economics - The Phillips Curve. You can download this entire series for free...
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...statistics/ home/ statistics.htm. For details on the different FTSE indices, go to www.jrank.org/ finance/ pages/ 2031/ FTSE-Indexes.html. The overall or average rate of return on shares or equities can be measured by the rate of return on a stock market index. This is a number designed to reflect the returns (dividends plus capital gains or losses) of shares that are...
An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...Statistical Review of World Energy 2004 Figure 1.5b Adapted from NASA material Figure 1.8 Martin Bond/Science Photo Library Figure 1.12 NASA's Earth Observatory Figure 1.13b © David Sanger Photography/Alamy Figure 1.13c Steve Allen/Science Photo Library The information in this book has been obtained from a wide range of sources, too numerous to mention. However, specific...