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Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...accountants to deal with the accounts of your business, paying tax (if you make a profit!) and VAT. You may need the services of solicitors in relation to many of the things we are considering here (for example, to draw up contracts of employment). If you were involved in all of these things, you would certainly be running a business. What, then, is a business? Well, it...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...accounts as additional investment, although it is unplanned. The identity – saving equals investment – still holds but only because of the way in which the terms 'saving' and 'investment' are defined for accounting purposes. Now for the opposite story. Suppose households decide to save less and, therefore, to consume more. One possible outcome is that firms will run...
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...account to assess their claims and to call out when they're not telling it straight. Tony Thorne As this is where I think that the mainstream media again whichever side you're on whether you're pro Brexit pro Trump pro Boris Johnson pro Theresa May or pro Jeremy Corbyn the mainstream media has been complicit in a sense in all of these untruths and half truths because they...
The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...account of the use of fitness trackers in a family. Activity 6 A family account of fitness trackers Timing: Allow 25 minutes Read the short article Electronic activity trackers encourage family fun and fitness. This is a peer-reviewed article presenting previous academic research alongside a first-hand account of using fitness trackers as a family and therefore providing...
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...account in which a person is ‘reduced’ simply to their body or biology or, alternatively, to their mind. Instead, they argue that people need to be viewed in a way that recognises the biological, the psychological and the social. From this point of view, mind-body dualism and simple physical reductionism emerge as both simplistic and unhelpful. The sense of personhood...
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...account by Michael, the father of William (five years) and Megan (three years), both of whom are being home-educated. Finally, Section 4 focuses on children’s street play. The street was a place that children once fairly freely occupied and adapted for play in various spontaneous and imaginative ways. Today, of course, streets are, in the main, claimed by moving and...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...accounts. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for...
What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...account of a real experience – told as part of a project on sleep paralysis. This is an unusual condition where one wakes up in the night, unable to move, and often experiences a wide range of bizarre and terrifying hallucinations. On October 9 a new documentary, The Nightmare, directed by Rodney Ascher, is being released in the UK. The film tracks eight people’s...