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Film: Creative or Cultural?
Money & Business

Film: Creative or Cultural?

...businesses seeking a competitive edge, to societies looking for new ways to tackle issues and improve the quality of life …” I want all businesses to think creatively, to realise creativity is not an add-on but an essential ingredient for success”. (Chris Smith, Foreword, DCMS 2001, p. 3). This definition of creative industries is based on creativity and...
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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...businesses around the world...Join us in the Berrill Theatre or online on Tuesday 27 March 2018, 6:00 - 7:30 pm for the Public Lecture – From Zero Day to Doomsday. Transcript We are delighted to invite you to From Zero Day to Doomsday, a lecture by Mike Richards on the WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack, which had serious implications last year for the NHS and businesses...
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The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail

...busy port. Passengers arrived off the boat and were transported into the Indian interior by rail. Being at the centre of the rail network, connecting the whole of India to the rest of the world, turned Mumbai into the economic powerhouse it is today. [Traffic outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station, Mumbai on bikes and mopeds] Mumbai is India’s financial capital,...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...business or service? Two people with differing views on Mental Health as Business, in particular the use of medication. The discussion is chaired by Liz Barclay. Reflecting on recovery A discussion between three people with differing views on mental health recovery, chaired by Liz Barclay. Challenging stereotypes Ann Mitchell of the K272 course team talks about her own...
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Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...busy. Dairy farmers are facing a crisis. Rising costs mean many are losing money on every pint of milk they produce. Rather than give up on dairy, others see a supersized future. In America, the mega-dairy is already a reality. This is just a small part of a 30,000 cow farm in Indiana. In Gloucestershire, David Ball has 750 cows. Only by getting bigger has he been able to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...money offered by private individuals and corporations to help rebuild Notre-Dame did greatly outweigh offerings for many other globally publicised charity appeals, as Figure 9 shows. [This is a bar chart titled ‘Amount donated by private individuals/corporations in US dollars’. The vertical axis starts at zero and rises to one billion and two hundred million in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery
History & The Arts

Scotland’s links with Caribbean slavery

...money, she relented with a smile and I started at the grammar school. Following school, I worked as a junior laboratory technician at a college, but my boss, Professor Chapman, gave me time off to get the qualifications I needed to enter university. I applied to various universities and was rejected, but Professor Chapman helped me to get into Leicester University to...
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Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?
Money & Business

Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?

...business, and to a lesser degree jobs and income prospects. That said, the Consumer Confidence Index showed a moderate decline in January. Jobs, jobs, jobs LinkedIn Workforce Report: January and February were the strongest consecutive months for hiring since August and September 2015 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2017 Here, the president is referring to...
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