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Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...family on low earnings or out of work will see the introduction of cuts in tax credits or Universal Credit of £10.45 per week. In larger families with more than two children, there will also be a cut in child tax credit of £53.30 per week for each child after the second one. And for all working-age people getting benefits or credits, Osborne’s freeze in their level of...
Systems Practice case study - The CEO
Money & Business

Systems Practice case study - The CEO

...tree but a systems map worked better and enabled me to separate ideas about what I wanted to do from how I was going to do it. (I also had ideas about how I didn't want to do it.) I also listed the constraints and incorporated them as part of the system environment in my systems map. My system had three main subsystems, meeting the needs of the organisation, the needs of...
Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?

...trees And the lions over seas; You have eaten ostrich eggs, And turned the turtle off their legs. Such a life is very fine, But it’s not so nice as mine: You must often as you trod, Have wearied NOT to be abroad. You have curious things to eat, I am fed on proper meat; You must dwell upon the foam, But I am safe and live at home. Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, Little...
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...trees contains samples from the DVD set. You should begin each course by watching the relevant TV programme on the DVD and reading the corresponding chapter in The Life of Mammals. You will be asked to rewatch specific sequences from the programme as you work through the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment &
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...family’s terrifying experience at sea that ultimately led to the deaths of Aylan, his brother Galip, and their mother Rehan. It may also be because of his clothing: red shirt, blue shorts, and Velcro sneakers. He could be anyone’s son, brother, nephew. Aylan’s image has galvanized attention from around the world, especially the west. The public’s concern and...
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...family, rugby coaches and teammates which will hopefully mean that more sportspeople will feel more comfortable about coming out to their teammates. For Gareth Thomas to ‘come out’ not only challenges heteronormative assumptions about sexuality in sport and promotes diverse sexualities, it enables athletes to feel open and proud of themselves for who they are. It...
El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink
Nature & Environment

El Niño and war drive aid agencies to the brink

...family in containers.] The global humanitarian system, designed to save those at risk of dying because of human or natural disasters, faces unprecedented demands in 2016 from levels of strain it has never before had to face, a leading development agency says. With more than 10 million people in a single African country expected to need international help next year, Oxfam...
Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...family life, part/full-time work and maybe other caring responsibilities. Individual circumstances (young, mature, disabled, single) means that becoming a student-parent can entail a slow, time-consuming and strenuous adjustment phase when starting university which varies from student to student (Owton, 2016). The first year can be particularly tough. When I was at...