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The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...economic necessity. The risk of regression persists, especially for nations facing instability, economic hardship and financial mismanagement in their football associations. The true legacy of Qatar 2022 for Africa hinges on robust, FIFA and CAF-supported pipelines and unwavering commitment from national associations to nurture homegrown talent at all levels from youth...
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Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...economic, cultural and political dimensions – influence a person's health...This free course, Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?, explores the extent to which a person's 'lifestyle' impacts on their health and wellbeing. It also examines how non-lifestyle related factors – in particular social, economic, cultural and political dimensions –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...economic recession had reduced the Greek government’s income. Investors raised the amount they required to lend to the Greek government dramatically to well above the amount required to lend to the German government (even though Germany also uses the euro and is part of the eurozone). In May 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)* and the eurozone countries agreed...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Was British business always planning for Brexit?
Money & Business

Was British business always planning for Brexit?

...economic explanation, however, has been put forward so far. This is where our research on European firms offers new insights. While corporate UK was strongly opposed to leaving the European Union, their strategies tell a slightly different story. To untangle fundamental differences in national patterns of organisation, we followed previous scholars who looked at changes...
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What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...economic competitiveness and future productivity. Perhaps for many parents in Britain today it’s not as important whether the UK is doing ‘better’ than the USA or Germany or China – but the landscape is starting to change. 18 year olds with UK qualifications can go to university in Europe - it can be significantly cheaper. Or they can go to the USA - it might be...
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Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?
History & The Arts

Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?

...economic deprivation. Transcript Paris is Burning garnered widespread positive critical appraisal and won a Sundance Film Festival Jury prize. Its popularity was far reaching and it drew significant attention from feminist and queer scholars offering different interpretations. The legacy of the film can be measured in its influence at the time and it remains an important...
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Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

...Economic Affairs’ €100,000 Brexit Prize. Despite all the coverage and praise received by the winning essay, one fundamental point remains: the winning essay does not support Brexit, it actually supports “Britin”. I am not saying the essay makes a clumsy case or that it finds Brexit benefits to be small, ambiguous, or difficult to calculate; I am saying that the...
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Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?
Languages

Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?

...economically struggling, sure, but often not and simply looking to expand their horizons – choose to expatriate and move to the UK. You’re seeing a lot of EU immigration because if you do know a foreign language, even when you’re not that fluent to start off with, that is likely to be English. Take the desperados in Calais who could have settled in France – a...
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