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Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...money in pounds sterling into euros. At the time of writing, one agency had an exchange rate of €1.48 to £1 and did not make any additional charges. (If you prefer, you can look up the current conversion rate in a newspaper or at a bank or travel agency.) a.How many euros would you get for £5? How many euros would you get for £10? b.Write down a word...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...business, or the group of employees that administers and controls a business or industry, for example. It is also used to refer to the working or cultivation of land, in particular, control of a forest, environment or nature reserve, and, over time, has been extended to include maintenance, conservation and encouragement of natural resources, such as game, fish and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...money, markets, business, etc. Opportunism as it appears in this context engenders fraudulent behaviour that is considered criminal in nature, thus something that the state must root out and punish. But fraud or rather fraud-like behaviour transcends both criminality and even behaviour that is explicitly ‘illegal’. As such it is also a major concern for private law...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
How can Theresa May escape from the Fixed Term Parliaments Act?
Society, Politics & Law

How can Theresa May escape from the Fixed Term Parliaments Act?

...business of government to a standstill, the SNP say they vote against the legislation that formally repeal Britain’s membership of the EU. And unelected members of the House of Lords have vowed to fight us every step of the way.” The background to Mrs May’s decision to call a snap election is the government’s small majority of 17 and the abiding weakness of the...
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Article 5 mins
Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park
Science, Maths & Technology

Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park

...busy week at work, and you get a call from home: “You know that fault on the sequential shunt unit? Looks like this Friday would be a good time to get it sorted. It’ll be easy to fix – just one bolt needs to be undone.” If you are handy about the house, undoing a bolt to change a bit of kit is easy and may just take five minutes. Unless the bolt is buried deep...
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Article 5 mins
Redundancy - what are your next steps?
Education & Development

Redundancy - what are your next steps?

...busy or develop new skills, you could consider studying while looking for work. Studying Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Badged Online Courses (BOCs), are a great way to maintain your continuing professional development. Free online seminars such as TED Talks are also an excellent way to increase your knowledge and awareness of current issues. Finally, do...
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Article 5 mins
Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...business and financial services. It follows that a thorough underlying narrative is an imperative in trying to understand the economic implications of this global brand possibly retreating from Ireland following Brexit. A similar argument can be made for the crucial Agri-food sector, whose production crisscrosses the Irish border and the rest of the UK. Brexit appears to...
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Article 10 mins
Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...business and financial services; higher education; ICT; oil, gas and energy; pharmaceuticals; shipbuilding and repairs; sport and leisure; and, tourism sectors. In other words, what is termed a modern knowledge economy; In population size terms, it would be about two million smaller than the Netherlands and three million bigger than Belgium; Its total national income...
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Article 5 mins