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Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...account. Many people argue that smacking is an acceptable form of discipline, seeing it as an effective form of training for good behaviour. Those who are opposed to smacking view it as a form of violence and unacceptable. What constitutes violence towards children must therefore be seen in its cultural context – it must be acknowledged that practices and attitudes will...
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...account of his entrepreneurial career? Turning to economic factors, we can see the SuperJam concept as part of a broader retail trend in the United Kingdom and other countries towards more differentiated premium food products. How did the stories of these entrepreneurs compare? Did you notice any similarities, either at the individual level, or in terms of external...
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Money & Business

Risk management

...accounting fraud which has wiped billions of pounds off their share price. So I think risk management has a dual purpose- firstly in improving the performance of the business, making it even better and the returns even better, but also minimising those downsides or those bad things that could happen. Video 2 Why is risk management important? Risk management is considered...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...account of the narrator-hero's origins, childhood and parentage. Secondly, we are being reminded of that tradition or sub-genre in order to enjoy a consciously rude reaction against it. Thirdly, for all the naïvety of the narrator of the modern text, the author behind him is hardly naïve. Are we not, for instance, meant to feel more critical towards the boy narrator's...
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...account online. If that client is a web browser, for example, it can be used to request and display your accounts’ statements from the bank’s server. The information you may obtain is restricted to the pre-defined views of the information provided by the server. So, while the server’s information might include your account balance, if you want to find out the total...
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...account to do that. And the public expect us to hold people to account for behaving in that way. So within Sussex police, I can set the standards and enforce those standards time and again and be able to support people in the challenging decision making that they make. And we are held to account externally by the IOPC. And sometimes it is their behaviour that's seen by...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star
History & The Arts

Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star

...account as the “rush to gush”). Cilla wasn’t quite the last of her kind, but her achievements were truly significant, her trajectory summed up her era better than most and it is exceedingly unlikely to be matched by any current pop stars. She achieved what she achieved when Britain had genuine social mobility, and when a docker’s daughter could, with some talent,...
Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity

...account General Relativity effects. But it appears the answer is that thermal radiation from the crafts is slowing them down slightly, and General Relativity remains intact. General Relativity is possibly one of the most comprehensive theories ever formulated, and certainly involves many more facets than can be covered here. Gravity waves, gravitational lensing, dark...