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You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...law, and the interest rate charged by the Student Loans Company (SLC) has, to date, been linked to the rate of price inflation by law. However, changes to the arrangements for fees for higher education in England, and to student loans to finance fee payments, presaged by the Browne Report (Browne, 2010), mean that this linkage may not apply in the future...You and your...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...Scots are distinguished from the English.) Most gamelan music is performed without the aid of notation, yet involves the co-ordination of many parts, which interlock and overlap in a variety of ways. The obvious question is, therefore, how can the members of the group keep together and produce coherent music, without either playing from notation or memorising impossibly...
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...laws and when training takes place, but he can influence how the training is provided and other aspects of it. Job B Arshia manages a drop-in advice centre for homeless teenagers. She has relative freedom in deciding what, when and how assistance is offered within the range of organisational capability. The management committee has just set out a new strategic direction...
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...laws – ITV launched its own service, TVam in the February of that year). It was only then that the BBCemployed a further 20 designers and invested in the much needed computer hardware and software. The computers use throughout the rest of television graphics has followed a path of ever-increased usage – from its control of the rostrum camera, to being able to generate...
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...law. We are, after all, responsible for the safety of the young people we work with. When you are trying to resolve conflict, you may take a different position to the young person, but listening carefully to what they are saying will help you identify common ground. Furthermore, if you involve others who can offer new perspectives on the situation, you are demonstrating...
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...law only changed in 1961, but the stigma endured; the Samaritans and mental health experts advise against the use of the term ‘commit’ in relation to suicide, preferring ‘to die by suicide’, but the word still regularly appears in newspaper headlines. The same voices have strongly opposed the view that suicide is “part of the pattern of life”, ultimately...
Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...Law of Marginal Gains (the belief that small improvements to any process amount to a significant improvement when added together) means that many small improvements over time can lead to extraordinary outcomes. Activity 2: Value Stream Mapping Timing: allow at least 30 minutes Try applying Value Stream Mapping to a process at your organisation. Using a whiteboard or a...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs