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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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Esports: an introduction to the industry
Science, Maths & Technology

Esports: an introduction to the industry

...Business of Esports CPD qualification by heading over to CPD Competition. Esports refers to competitive, organised video gaming. Players, either individually or in teams, compete against each other at local, national and international tournaments. Unlike casual gaming, which is done mainly for personal enjoyment, esports is structured more like traditional sports – with...
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Killers or carers?
Nature & Environment

Killers or carers?

...business as usual of animal-product consumption in the face of a compassionate alternative but also of casual sexist tropes. The man, like a clichéd 1970s sitcom character, is engrossed in his manly pleasure of consuming flesh in front of the television while his partner pesters him about moral improvement; it’s his capacity to eat flesh and simultaneously ignore a...
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Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...business information, including client or customer data, and other personal data could be used to train and improve an LLM and be subsequently incorporated into future training data sets. As stated above, terms and conditions for each GenAI service can vary depending on the service provider. Some terms and conditions state that, by default, all content inputted by users...
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Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...money to look after my children as they grew up. I decided to go back into full-time education with a view to getting a degree and then a job that would pay a good salary. I was really scared at first and lacked confidence. But I soon got the hang of it and ended up loving it. There's lots of reasons that you might be in the situation you're in now. You might have been on...
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