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Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...business. An understanding of basic cost behaviour is essential to the work of management accountants. In the final section you will look at the concept of environmental management accounting and analyse the impact of environmental costs and their implications for management accounting...This course is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of the principles...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...money into animation, but rather than attempting to ‘pull’ demand, they ‘push’ it. Consider the following points: They Can Focus On the Problem Indirect subsidies can be meted out in a specific manner. They can be targeted at specific areas or problems that direct subsidies are only so good at accomplishing. They can focus on specific skills, ages, genders and...
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Article 5 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...money to go and get the bread in the village. If there was any money left, I used to get some warm focaccia as well, the kind with salt and oil on it - and I would eat it on the way home! Image: Yumarama under CC-BY-NC licence Le rosetta Rosetta is the typical shaped bread roll found all over Italy but particularly popular in the north. In Lombardy, northern Italy, it's...
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Activity 10 mins
Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats
Society, Politics & Law

Demolishing Pasts, Uncertain Futures:The Symbolism of Glasgow’s Red Road Flats

...Money is to be made from the clearance of working class housing in urban Britain – lots of money! This creative destruction is part and parcel of the wider story that underpins the Red Road story - and which fuels demolitions across the UK today. While housing associations have in recent years played a larger role in the provision of social housing, this is on a much...
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Article 15 mins
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...money equal to Olympic medal winners Money has been something of a worry in the run-up to the Games Last week, there was still a cloud over the Paralympics as the event had run out of money and had huge swathes of unsold tickets. The #filltheseats campaign formed on social media to try to address the problems - but there was hope it would do more than just stick bums on...
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Video 5 mins
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...money to the account details in the business invoice. A few weeks later, Alice receives an angry email from Bob because he has not been paid. After a bank investigation she finds out that she had transferred the money to Eve by mistake – so what went wrong? It’s clear that the business invoice and the associated signature did not come from Bob, instead the signed...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with MS: Not just surviving but thriving (with a little canine care)

...passed and as my MS progressed I too became the owner of an assistance dog – Tori, a black Labrador with endless patience, a loud snore and a passion for fruit. Life is no longer about what I can’t do but about what we can do together. We are not waiting for a cure….we are far too busy for that. [Grainne O’Connor and her assistance dog Tori] * Not her real name...
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Article 5 mins
'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...business/government/public has resulted in improved appreciation of the value of ecosystem services. There have been many examples of initiatives that attempt to value ecosystems services. From the famous applied example of the Catskills Watershed Corporation supplying New York City’s water, to smaller initiatives aimed on Biodiversity and Wine Initiative’s of South...
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Article 5 mins