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The pensions timebomb
Society, Politics & Law

The pensions timebomb

...system. Have the public lost faith in occupational and private pensions? Should the state pension be enough to see us through our old age? And with the non-working to working ratio continuing to rapidly increase, who will pay? We hear from those that were directly affected by the scandals of the 90's and the collapse in private pensions since - and from the experts whose...
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...think about how those involved in healthcare, whether as practitioners or service users, can monitor the progress of any initiative to improve care, and how they can make sure that any change is sustained...This free course, Understanding service improvement in healthcare, will help you to understand what people mean by the terms ‘service’ and ‘improvement’ in...
Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...system Legacies of the troubles David Stewart on how Northern Ireland's sectarian divide can throw up unexpected health issues such as problems finding sufficient space to exercise. The Belfast City Health plan Joan Devlin on the consultation document produced to try to get organisations to think about health in all aspects of their planning. Success of Belfast Healthy...
Science from Early Career Researchers in the School of Physical Sciences
Science, Maths & Technology

Science from Early Career Researchers in the School of Physical Sciences

...equip space missions with the technology they need to analyse the planets? Or how pieces of space rock can be picked apart in the laboratory to tell us about the history of the Solar System? In this collection you will learn how early career scientists within the School of Physical Sciences carry out research to learn more about the world, and space, we live in....
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...think that was eight years ago now. And I’d like to start off by perhaps reviewing what’s changed in the world of numbers since you began. One thing that occurred to me is I don’t think you’re picking up as many journalistic statistical mistakes as often as you did, would you agree? TIM HARFORD: It’s interesting you say that, Kevin. I hadn’t noticed that. But...
How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...system, or ‘COICOP’ to its friends. Back then, though, we used a different system of spending categories, the so-called Family Expenditure Survey or ‘FES’ system. This, then, is what we need to use to make meaningful comparisons between today’s data and those from 1957. Over this period, on the FES basis the proportion of total expenditure on housing has doubled...
How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?

...System in a human lifetime. However, with our present technology, or at least the technology that might come in the next century or so, we can imagine an amazing prospect. [Imagined vision of a spaceship passing above a distant planet] Consider a ship that leaves the Earth and takes 90 years to traverse the 10 light-years to a nearby star. The ship departs carrying 1000...
Causal loop diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Causal loop diagrams

...systems dynamics movement and are most used in organisational settings. Causal loop diagrams are used to graphically depict dynamic interrelationships among variables you may not have considered before. They allow you to see how parts of a system that are separated by location or time might nonetheless interact to generate problems. They can be used as the basis for a...