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Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...determining gender roles...Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth: 1.2 Theory, practice and research - Based on the reflections of the role of theory in everyday practice considered so far in Section 1, it is possible to conclude that no practice is ‘theory-free’. Even if you are not aware of the theories you are drawing on moment to moment...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...determining product (or service) profitability cost management valuing inventory for financial accounting purposes. This need for cost information raises the fundamental question: what constitutes a cost? Costs can be defined as the expenses incurred by a company in order to purchase goods, produce products, provide services, pay staff or perform repairs. These expenses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The science of sperm
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sperm

...determines fertility. To understand the biology behind male fertility it must first be understood how sperm are produced, how they are transported from the man, and then how they fight their way to their final prize - the egg that may be waiting for them at the end of the female genital tract. Just to think about it makes me feel guilty, because a rough calculation shows...
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Article 15 mins
The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...determined symbolism or message, what the NUF achieves is to be a platform or create a space in which contrasting views and agonistic relations can be exposed and negotiated. As someone who has researched for a long time the notion of ‘public space’, I believe that the flag created such space. Now, it could be that the particular theme of the installation at the...
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Article 5 mins
Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...determination to cut costs at the expense of our employment terms and conditions was the root cause of the action. New contracts with less pay and pension entitlement, and fewer allowances and rest periods were being stuffed down our throats. Negotiations were being rubber eared by the bosses. With great reluctance we balloted for strike action and won. Striking to...
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Article 5 mins
Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...determination to stand up to the threat. Social media as the vehicle of all the rumours Unfortunately, social networks have also allowed many false rumours to spread. In these cases, sharing is done without control and without restraint. A photo of the rock group Eagles of Death Metal circulating on Twitter and Facebook claimed to show the band in concert in the Bataclan...
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Article 10 mins
Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...determine. However, the manual also concludes that the illegal use of human shields does not necessarily bar otherwise legitimate attacks on military targets like enemy fighters. According to the manual, the party that employs human shields assumes responsibility for any injury to them. Here’s where it gets complicated. Normally, the “proportionality rule” forbids...
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Article 5 mins
Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...determination and militancy of the women workers at Rolls-Royce in their trade union and equal pay struggles during the 1950s has been largely hidden. This is but one example, albeit a notable one, where women were to the fore in trade union action, and it is fair to assume that there were other places across the UK, likewise unrecorded or undiscovered thus far, where...
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Article 5 mins