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Volkswagen scandal will send costly ripples through auto industry
Money & Business

Volkswagen scandal will send costly ripples through auto industry

...business link to VW will be hit hard as will the companies that supply them. Some of the impact will be softened when other car makers pick up the demand fleeing VW, but their supply chains were not likely expecting this either. They will bear the extra costs of ramping up production. All in all, it’s important to remember that Volkswagen’s deception will affect more...
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Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss

...business Woman with Headache on the sofa] Disbelief or difficulty in accepting a loved one’s death is greater when people are unable to be physically present either at time of death or at a funeral service after the death. Individuals may feel guilt and remorse about unwittingly infecting the deceased if they were a health worker or a family member who had been unwell....
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10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...business of the academy and while the university professorship was created specifically for her, she was not allowed to teach publicly. Catherine Lee explains how she got about this: "To get around this prohibition, in 1749 Bassi officially opened a ‘domestic school’ in her own home. Her eight-month long course offered a more comprehensive instruction than either the...
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Article 15 mins
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...money, we were aware of the necessity of keeping busy: we knew the satisfaction of stacking bricks, pouring water into and out of containers and moving sand from one pit to another, untroubled by the greater purpose of our actions. To view our upcoming meetings as being of overwhelming significance, to make our way through conference agendas marked ‘11 a.m. to 11.15...
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Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...money to make these big series. One of the big problems… So I filmed this leech story and we put this leech story out in the UK – it became a global sensation, it went viral all the way around the world and a news television channel in America, based in Chicago, picked up this leech video online and broadcast it to their American audience, and the American presenter...
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Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...business for Britain. Of course, it will affect a small number of migrants on very low wages and their children, but they will still benefit from working in the UK. There is little evidence that welfare is the main attraction of the UK. In short, benefit doesn’t matter much to migrants themselves, to the British economy or to the inflow of migrants to the UK. The fact...
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Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...Business School has recently launched the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership (CVSL). The centre aims to provide voluntary sector organisations free access to leadership development modules and research-led insight to help strengthen those in the sector at a time of uncertainty. You can find out more on the CVSL's website. Clean up your coast Get involved with clearing...
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Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...business tycoons as circulated in local media. On the other hand, the societal valorization of translators and interpreters in Australia and other Anglophone countries remains very low. Translators and interpreters are associated with low-paid casual work that offers little chance for career progression. The low profile of the profession in Australia is strongly related...
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