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What is a boiler room scam, and how can I protect myself?
Money & Business

What is a boiler room scam, and how can I protect myself?

...economic group are more likely than others to have funds available for investment and, perhaps, a belief in their investment prowess and an appetite for the riskier shares that apparently offer the prospect of high returns. Victims of the scams lose on average £20,000 - although losses of over £100,000 have been reported. The FSA - which regulates the selling of...
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Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains
Society, Politics & Law

Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains

...economic, cultural or a mixture of all three) and then to work together to tackle this and drive long-lasting change for workers. In Bangladesh, our programme is focused on social dialogue in garment factories - developing and training unions, Workers’ Participation Committees and management to have better communications, empowering workers to raise and resolve...
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Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques
Money & Business

Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques

...economic solutions. It is by addressing these three criteria; planet, people and profit, referred to as the ‘triple bottom line’, that designers can begin to create truly sustainable products and business models. Personally, I really enjoy problem solving, so my creative practice is always inspired by either a challenge or opportunity relating to sustainability, the...
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What is Indigenous Psychology?
Education & Development

What is Indigenous Psychology?

...economic-political context. Indigenous psychology helps us to understand diversity and differences, and provides a common frame of reference for human behaviour across the globe. [Indigenous Australians aboriginal people wearing body painting from Queensland Australia] Final thoughts Indigenous psychology is a progressive intellectual movement to recognise the importance...
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Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...economic background. One in three people over the age of 65 will develop dementia but people as young as 40 have been diagnosed. Two-thirds of dementia victims are women, this could be due to the lack of oestrogen after the menopause. People in the developed world see more cases of dementia. However, this is because people live longer than those in poorer countries....
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Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...economic rights and opportunities...In July 2018, The Open University worked in partnership with IF: Milton Keynes International Festival to commission Australian theatre company Back to Back Theatre to bring its successful performance residency, The Democratic Set, to Milton Keynes. Back to Back Theatre worked collaboratively with local participants to create a film...
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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...economic, social, political and cultural benefits that an increase in citizens’ scientific literacy would bring to the nation. However, the report was heavily criticised for its implicit deficit model of citizens – where once there was a lack, ‘correct’ knowledge could be acquired by consuming science. This would then allow people to behave ‘correctly’ when...
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Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time
Society, Politics & Law

Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time

...economic basis of different parts of Scotland. It’s not a unified country in terms of having a single economy in that respect. It’s measured as a single Scottish economy, but different parts of Scotland’s economic fortunes are based upon very different industries and different histories. So, to give you a few examples, one of the areas that stood out as having voted...
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