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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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Relationships at work
Money & Business

Relationships at work

...Business Review examines this finding in its article “Why You Spend More Hours at Work When Your Relationship Is Going Well”. If you are to engage in office romance then it is important to do so responsibly. While many experts and organisations advise against inter-workplace relationships, they are possible. Indeed, it is impossible to predict who you will be...
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Invasion of the killer pumpkins
Money & Business

Invasion of the killer pumpkins

...business?...Grotesque images of death and decay have been haunting my local supermarket for the best part of a month. Its staple offerings have been augmented with nets of chocolate balls – some masquerading as miniature pumpkins, others as bloodshot eyeballs – along with special Halloween editions of familiar biscuits and sweets enhanced with the trappings of the...
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The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...businesses at the expense of established employee rights. Additionally, it highlights the general turn away from the need for a welfare state that was dominant in early post-Second World War era. For many, this reveals the broader ‘failures of the free market’ and the threat that that so-called neoliberalism poses for the survival of the middle class. Edward...
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Charity Reed
Education & Development

Charity Reed

...busy. I usually just pop over to my laptop when I have the time and inclination.’ And that sums up OpenLearn perfectly! Charity explained that the ability to “dip in and out”, working at her own pace as and when she can, is a massive bonus, and being able to use OpenLearn to supplement her studies has helped too. ‘I was working on a unit on Plato, which isn’t...
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