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Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?
Money & Business

Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?

...accountancy firm Ernst & Young estimates that the host economies will benefit from £2.2 billion being spent. With almost half a million international visitors expected for the tournament, they predict that an extra £982m will be added to the UK’s GDP and that international visitors will spend £869m. Coming from all over the world, especially the southern hemisphere...
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How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?
Money & Business

How is identity data creating headaches for large companies?

...account passwords. Corporate victims include big names such as Yahoo, eBay and JP Morgan Chase. The volume and sophistication of these cyber-assaults will make top-level executives of firms that hold sensitive identity data anxious about its safe-keeping. Growing cost of regulation As well as cyber attacks, companies are having to contend with growing levels of...
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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...Framework (agreed formats for accounting tables). The world’s Nations took some important steps toward limiting future global heating at COP26. I’ve worked my entire 30-year career on this topic and it is, therefore, something of a bitter-sweet moment: 25 years better later than never! [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation

...account of the younger generation of Irish women’s poets, or to encapsulate the huge range and variety of styles, forms and themes in which they are working. This article will focus on three representative figures whose work shares similar preoccupations with poets such as Eavan Boland and Sinéad Morrissey in their focus on the woman’s experience within a personal,...
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Danielle Martin
Education & Development

Danielle Martin

...account that she has dedicated to her studies (both about her degree and OpenLearn) where she says she has found ‘a vibrant student community where I can tap into the support and camaraderie… it’s really helped to enrich my study experience. It’s always lovely to be able to pop an Instagram post up and chat to someone who is going through the same struggles of...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Art and the Business of Taste

...accounts for taste – as they old saying goes. However, in the modern world art is not only inspiring but also big business. In this episode of The Bottom Line, guests in the art world discuss the relation of art and business. Specifically, how is and should art be valued? Who decides what is and what is not fashionable? Is art just another consumer good to be bought and...
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Driven to drink?
Society, Politics & Law

Driven to drink?

...account for the decline in civil engagement, people have suggested the culprits could be the development of the notion of the teenager male who did not wish to ape his father's habits, the growth of interest in social media, greater mobility and urban sprawl. It is women being in paid work, not baking cakes for the bazaar say some. It is men working long hours, commuting...
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How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility
Society, Politics & Law

How time and place matter for migrants’ social mobility

...account changes over time and place, migrants' resourcefulness as well as societal factors hindering or helping them to make use of their resources can help us to understand the limitations, opportunities and also setbacks migrants experience when they seek social mobility in the new country. Many people assume that migration follows a linear route, where settlement is...
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