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The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Businesses. Direct impacts included damage to buildings and stock and loss of income due to business disruption in the event of flood and higher insurance premiums for businesses located in flood-risk areas. Government. The public expect the government to be in control if there is a major flood. It is responsible for relief work and ensuring safety and clean up. It may...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...businesses and households. They owned or rented a comfortable property, and expected to eat and drink well. They were educated, had good manners, paid taxes, took on social responsibilities, such as contributing to charities to care for the poor, and filled many roles in local government. Below the middle order came the poor: a large and diverse group. Most poor people...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring Religion in London
History & The Arts

Exploring Religion in London

...busy. We have visitors, because as I said before, we also have the Buddhism day school. The young children come to the temple to learn about Buddhism, Thai culture and Thai language. Their parents would come here to do chanting, meditate also, and even to have a chat with their friends and with their colleagues. Most visitors are Thai, and they are Buddhists. I thought...
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Video 30 mins
Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...busy and stressful job. If you work or volunteer, you may be fortunate enough to work for an organisation that acknowledges the importance of these different roles and has written job descriptions that incorporate them. In small voluntary organisations where resources are tight, however, people often have many different formal roles, as well as informal ones. This can...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...business, education and government, discusses what employers can do to maximise diversity and enable social mobility, observing that ‘learning and development plays an important role in levelling the playing field for socially diverse talent’. Recruiting and retaining that socially diverse talent benefits both employers and employees but, as Gemma Hallett, Head of...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Building the first Thames sewer system
Science, Maths & Technology

Building the first Thames sewer system

...business they have to do is of the most pressing character, and when the election committees sit, and the rooms and corridors are crowded with the witnesses and parties interested, the state of the unlucky Members engaged in the always unpleasant task will be most pitiable. They will not be able to open the doors on account of the noise, and they cannot open the windows...
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Article 10 mins
Reacting to Hillary Clinton's nomination
Society, Politics & Law

Reacting to Hillary Clinton's nomination

...business, or must come from dismantling these institutions, is a defining question for all three major waves of women’s organizing. Elite white women have disproportionately benefited from each wave of women’s organizing in the United States. And, importantly, while left-leaning men, and men more generally, now theoretically endorse women in power, they often...
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Article 5 mins
US Election 2016: A last week reading list
Society, Politics & Law

US Election 2016: A last week reading list

...business consultancy near Frankfurt and is married to a German-Persian woman. I follow the election closely enough to have watched the first debate live at 3 a.m. I was interested, but there was also an ironic aspect. How should I put this? I've come to see it as a bit of cabaret. You could see that Trump wasn't prepared and just kept repeating the same platitudes …...
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Article 5 mins