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Saving capitalists from themselves?
Society, Politics & Law

Saving capitalists from themselves?

...Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was found guilty as French finance minister in 2007 of “negligence with public money” in approving a €400 million payout of taxpayers’ money to controversial French businessman Bernard Tapie, acting against the advice of experts. Within hours of the court’s decision, the IMF executive board convened a...
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How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
Languages

How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?

...managers accept that BP must pay compensation for the oil spill and the damage it is doing to parts of America’s coastline, they argue that the cost to the company’s market value from the president’s criticism is far outweighing the clean-up costs. In sum, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was told in some UK media as a national-economic problem for Britain...
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Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...managers to account are discussed in the same breath as the work of citizens who offer information, advice and support to current patients? Research repeatedly shows that some members of the public want to contribute to organisations in a range of ways, and many (even most) may not want to contribute at all. Emphasising the activist end of the involvement spectrum might...
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Bird ringing in Bog Meadows
OpenLearn Ireland

Bird ringing in Bog Meadows

...activism saved the area for wildlife. Volunteers plant trees and maintain the habitats. Flax, the mainstay of Ireland’s traditional linen industry, also grows up in the reserve. Many environmental organisations rely on volunteers to manage areas for biodiversity. (For example Ulster Wildlife and BTCV ). Why not get involved and learn more about your local environment?...
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Convoy to Calais
Society, Politics & Law

Convoy to Calais

...managed to gather a huge protest as they want to do. We’re now in the heart of Whitehall, the centre of the government. And we can see behind me the Cenotaph and the war memorials. And we can see the cars beginning to pile up. The plan today is to assemble a large collection of different kinds of vehicles, a convoy to Calais, that will show solidarity with the refugees...
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Stamford College
Education & Development

Stamford College

...management, are slightly harder and I've worked with students to support them sometimes with those, but I actually use those more advanced courses with advanced learners.’ ‘OpenLearn is really accessible, anybody can access this. You don't have to think that you're an academic or a degree level student to access what you're learning.’ Caz’s students have found...
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Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity
Nature & Environment

Amazonian challenges: The loss of indigenous culture and identity

...management practices, often justifies official ‘development’ projects within traditional indigenous territories and a lax approach to policing human rights abuses and illegal encroachment on officially designated indigenous territories. More often than not, this results in an exodus of young men away from indigenous communities towards urban settlements, significantly...
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Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...management system. Although you can use the alternative formats offline for your own convenience, you do need to work through the online version of the course for full functionality (such as accessing links, using the audio and video materials, and completing the quizzes). Please use the downloads as convenient tools for studying the materials when away from the internet...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs