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Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...laws of Ghana and Nigeria state that indigenous firms should have a stake in a joint venture with an IOC, but in practice this is simply a paper exercise with silent partners acting as ‘fronts’ for what are essentially external investments. In these cases, the governance arrangements on paper are perfectly good, but in practice they are subverted through informal...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...Scots or the kimono for the Japanese today. This is why the poet Virgil called the Romans ‘the masters of the world, the toga-clad race (gens togata)’ (Aeneid 1.281–2). Third, the toga symbolised civic duty and Republican egalitarianism. During the Republic, all Roman citizens, rich or poor, were theoretically equal in the eyes of the law. (No matter that in reality...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...law helps prevent states from pursing exactly the kinds of protectionist policies that introduce market risk. Consider Trump’s campaign promises. He has repeatedly threatened to raise tariffs against key U.S. trade partners by as much as 45 percent. He also welcomed the idea of a trade war, alienating markets like China in the process. These kinds of ad hoc policy...
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Article 5 mins
Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...law had to be registered with civil authorities; the system was introduced in Scotland in 1855, and in Ireland in 1864. Local registries were established, and each event generated an official certificate that recorded relevant information. For example, birth certificates contain the name of the child, the date and place of birth, the name and occupation of the father, the...
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Article 10 mins
‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...Law Centre who provided information on process of registration and immigration status provide representation or advice on employment issues. Despite Trade Union support this wasn’t always straightforward as often private sector employers did not recognise trade unions (UNISON Scotland, 2002). - Scotland Unison Overseas Network Flyer More importantly, Sofi and the ONN...
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Article 5 mins
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...laws introduced in 2016 aimed at curtailing industrial action by unions, joining RMT and CWU. Over 70,000 university staff at 150 institutions are set to act, beginning in November 2022 and escalating in early 2023 at the beginning of the new semester. The higher education sector faces significant disruption, with sister unions UNISON and UNITE, representing some of the...
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Article 5 mins
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...law of demand’. So economic models can be stated in words and represented in diagrams. They can also be represented by using algebra. The claim that demand depends on – or changes in response to – price can be written as: which is read as demand (D ) is a function of price (P), all other influences held constant. Both demand and price vary in this model; quantity...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...law: z equals cap h sub zero times cap d divided by c Equation label: (1) where cap d is the galaxy distance, typically measured in units of Mpc (where 1 Mpc = 3.1 multiplication 10 super 19 km), c is the speed of light (which is about 300,000 km s-1) and cap h sub zero is a quantity known as the Hubble constant, which has a value of 67.7 km s-1 Mpc-1. A modern Hubble...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs