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From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...economic, cultural and educational prestige. It continues to change at all linguistic levels, in both standard and non-standard varieties, in response to external influences (e.g. modern communications technologies; contact with other world languages) and pressures internal to the language system (e.g. the continuing impulse towards an efficient, symmetrical sound-system;...
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What is Locus of Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Locus of Control?

...Economics and Statistics, 97(1). Dave, H.P., Mesarosova, K., Siegling, A.B., Tremblay, P.F. and Saklofske, D.H. (2019) ‘Assessing locus of control in pilots: Psychometric evaluation of a self-report measure’, Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors, 9(1), pp. 24–30. Jones, J.W. and Wuebker, L.J. (1993) ‘Safety locus of control and employees' accidents’,...
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Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...economic migrant’ is neither simple nor straightforward. [Figure 1] (From One Day We Had To Run – written by Sybella Wilkes and published by Evans Brothers Limited. Copyright © Sybella Wilkes 1994. All rights reserved. This image may not be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission of Evans Brothers Limited.) Figure 1...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...economic importance of petrochemicals can be seen from the fact that recently the world production of transport fuels from crude oil was estimated to have a value of US $385 billion, whilst world production of petrochemicals was estimated to have a value of US $375 billion. Over 80% of crude oil is used to make transport fuel, while 3-5% is used for petrochemicals, yet...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...economic development. Youth policy reflects how a government, or decision makers, view young people. The way a society treats its young people is very important for its present and future. So, youth policy is a question of values and vision of society. Youth refers to the transitions to autonomy that each person goes through. There are different definitions based on age...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...economics, the social aspects of sport science, yes. RH: So how did you move from that? BP: Well , I went to Britain for personal reasons, I met my wife in Germany and she’s British and so I was looking for a job and my PhD was in Ancient Greek History to do with the ancient Greek athletic rituals and festivals and I applied for a job in Liverpool, that’s why...
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Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...economic conditions may have changed so that, even with a long historic time series, forecasts of future returns, volatilities and correlations may not be appropriate. Seismic events such as 2008 and 2016 have woken investors up to the fact that risk cannot be measured by volatility alone. Which is why there is much more emphasis on liquidity – is an asset saleable...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...economic or political factors. Comment For example, ecosystem scientists might define biodiversity to include genetic, species and ecosystem diversity and view ‘nature’ as having intrinsic value. A multi-national company might define biodiversity in relation to ecosystem services that benefit humans (timber, pollination, medicinal plants) and some economists quantify...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs