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Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...English Dictionary: a social party or assembly; a number of individuals assembled or associated together; a body of people combined for some common object; a legal association formed to carry out some commercial or industrial undertaking; a party of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc. You might have had some idea that most companies are concerned with running...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
History & The Arts

Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

...English Channel, seizing its cargo of salt and Oriental luxuries, thereby precipitating the third Anglo-Dutch war of that year. Samuel Pepys was afraid of Holmes (‘an idle, proud, conceited, though stout fellow’), and on several occasions expressed reluctance at having to deal with him on matters of naval discipline. After the second Dutch war Holmes was rewarded for...
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Article 10 mins
UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Money & Business

UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind

...English language skills that prevent them from applying for jobs elsewhere. Beyond this group of workers, there appears to be a more vulnerable segment, mostly because they have no or insufficient rights to work full-time. They tend to work at lower wage rates and under worse conditions than the core group of workers. Both these groups produce garments in factories that...
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The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup
Science, Maths & Technology

The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup

...English Premier League, won 34 individual awards this season. They include the Premier League Golden Boot winner after scoring a record 32 goals in 36 league games. With him there, Egypt must therefore be a good team. Less well known perhaps is that Tunisia are currently ranked 21st and Egypt 46th. Going for Egypt is an example of decisions that are based on what...
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In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing
Nature & Environment

In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing

...English port. In descending order of catch, the Scottish locations are: Peterhead Lerwick (pictured above) Fraserburgh Scrabster Ullapool Kinlochbervie Scalloway and Isles Cullivoe Mallaig. The relative importance of Scottish fishing ports raises a number of thorny and contentious issues, which are likely to unfold and become more significant in the post-Brexit era. The...
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Mortgage vs rent
Money & Business

Mortgage vs rent

...English renting. It would be nice if any government had a joined-up strategy on housing. I mean we’re never going to solve the housing problems in the UK, whether it's boom or bust, until we have a better balance between the number of housing units available and the demand for those housing units. We don’t have that now, we haven't had it probably since the Second...
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Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...English for progression onto college or university or two, on an interest basis, if they had an interest in the subject outside of the exam. They don't necessarily work in the same way as schools a lot of kids don't write stuff down and there you know audio learners or kinaesthetic learners. - Young person T EHE students’ unstructured and non-linear, self-taught...
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Article 5 mins
Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...English courses and qualifications. [Character of Mary Shelley] Nowadays the word ‘romantic’ tends to trigger associations with love and sentimentality, but the period known as the Romantic era encompassed so much more! Romanticism is notoriously difficult to define and has been interpreted in various ways in different countries. However, it is true to say that it...
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Article 10 mins